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

Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk
Fri Dec 11 09:27:22 GMT 2009


John Smith wrote:
> 2009/12/11 Paul Wagener <osm-talk at paulwagener.nl>:
>> This might sound like a crazy idea, but can't we just ask businesses
>> nicely about giving us their added data back?
>> It has already got us this far. You'd be surprised how far a little
>> mutual trust can get you.
> 
> Isn't that in essence what licenses are for?

That is the entire crux of this problem ... CAN we trust commercial 
organizations with big bank balances to play fair. I think the answer has to be 
'NO' so we need the DATA protected a little better .....

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