[OSM-talk] Why PD is not better for business

[Anthony]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:03 AM, paul youlten <paul.youlten at gmail.com>wrote:

> Where does this  "Business Bad:OSM good"  binary come from? (I suspect
> the Germans ;-))
>

No idea.  Like I said, as a self-employed person, I find the distinction
incredibly confusing :).  Business is great.  It's what puts food on my
table every day.

I don't understand how a business using OSM data for free and without
> "thinking of the children"  (AKA "giving back to the community") is
> bad for the project


It's not.  However, if we could convince businesses to "give back to the
community", it'd be better.

Between PD and SA, as it applies to OSM, I think there's a lot of merit to
both sides of the issue.  However, although SteveC has tried to claim SA vs.
ODbL is PD vs. SA, it isn't.  SA is SA.  PD is PD.
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