[OSM-talk] Why the BSD vs GPL debate is irrelevant to OSM

Steve Bennett stevagewp at gmail.com
Mon Dec 14 13:05:14 GMT 2009


On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:37 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What is being lost though?
>
> When Google sucks up data what's being lost is supporting the greater
> good, Google just sucks up all the data they can for their own good.

To be fair to google, I've had a lot of fun with google maps (before I
discovered OSM :)) They do good for others too - they just do it
accidentally on the way to making money.

Steve




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