[OSM-talk] openmaps.eu
Steve Bennett
stevagewp at gmail.com
Thu Dec 17 15:22:44 GMT 2009
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Nick Whitelegg <
Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk> wrote:
> In any case, we are supposed to be open. Trying to trademark names merely
> similar to our own is one of the most closed, monopolistic actions that
> it's possible to take. The idea of OSM is to collect and make available
> free data, not to act as a monopoly and go after similar projects.
>
>
You're right; I didn't really think before posting. It was a tongue-in-cheek
remark about the similarity of the URLs that came out wrong.
Steve
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