[OSM-talk] QR code && http://cm.ly

[Patrick Petschge Kilian]

Hi,

>> Petschge on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osm was asking how to create a QR
>> code. He wanted GPL-friendly Ruby code to be able to create QR codes
>> for shortlinks on the main site (thus GPL-friendly and Ruby needed at
>> the same time).

> There is another solution:
>
> http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=200x200&chl=http://example.com

IF (and that is a big if as I'm not sure if it is worth the effort) I
implement that I'm not going to rely on some webservice. And most
certainly not a webservice by google. Call me paranoid if you want, but I
find it an incredibly bad idea to trust google with something like that.


Patrick "Petschge" Kilian