[OSM-talk] OSM composer not open source?

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

Saying that it is not translated due to lack of interest, and not even
having the sources to translate is pretty weak. People could work on
the translation, they could work on making it better.

I don't see how the language strings would be infringing on the guys
previous Employers.

Next point, why openstreetmap.de is hosting it?

It seems to be a confused relationship, why should people give money
to osm to host non free software? I am confused now, would like to
know the guidelines.

What about the freedom to copy the websites, now the
topo.openstreetmap.de cannot be mirrored freely, can it?

Non free software should  pay for their own hosting. Or am I missing
something here? What are the guidelines for hosting on openstreetmap
servers?

>> there is no demand for only open source software or services.
The openstreetmap.org site is free and using open data and open source software.
There seems to be a great demand for it, wikipedia is another example.
I dont understand your argument.
Please explain.

Just recently OSM has gotten endorsement from many free software
groups, do they know that they are endorsing non free software?

mike

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:35 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 May 2010 15:22, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com
> <jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> It sends a bad message to have non free software being promoted our wiki.
>
> Companies offering commercial services are also on the wiki, OSM's
> primary goal is freely available data, there is no demand for only
> open source software or services.
>