[OSM-talk] Death by a thousand nitpicks

[ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen]

Maybe because you missed the irony ?

 

>If you scare the users of our data away by hiring lawyers to nitpick
over how OSM is represented 

>in every which way then there's really no point in collecting all this
data, is there

 

+1  

So get rid of any license, as a license without lawyers, is of no
meaning !

OSM got to the level of maturity that market players (such as BING/MS)
without ANY scruples

are getting interested. None of us is going to defend against the legal
power

of any such player, whatever the strength of the license.

 

In a few years OSM will be the one of the three major map providers
world wide

with advantages over the other 2, that we all know and appreciate.

 

Donate it to "the world", make it free as in free , not free as in free
beer.

What do we have to loose ?

 

Gert

 

Van: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] Namens Ian Dees
Verzonden: woensdag 4 augustus 2010 19:29
Aan: Stefan de Konink
CC: talk at openstreetmap.org
Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Death by a thousand nitpicks

 

 

2010/8/4 Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de>

On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Ian Dees wrote:

Wait, how did the thread about NOT nitpicking over licensing issues turn
into a "donate so we can hire lawyers to nitpick" thread?

 

Probably because some people instead of doing something with our data
(like big location based businesses) want to protect our data. I
personally like the do now, care later mentality.

 

If you scare the users of our data away by hiring lawyers to nitpick
over how OSM is represented in every which way then there's really no
point in collecting all this data, is there?

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