[OSM-talk] WikiProject_FLOSS (was: OSM composer not open source?)

[Niklas Cholmkvist]

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.

John Smith wrote:
> 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.
Maybe something simple as WikiProject:FLOSS ? [[WikiProject]] redirects to [[Mapping_projects]]
In the introduction it says:
"The projects are collaborative efforts by one or more people who have a common interests or goals."
So the common interest would be 'FLOSS' and the goal 'Free [as in freedom] geodata'

That project doesn't have to "change all content in the wiki", so sites that promote
openstreetmap also from a software freedom point of view like fsf.org 
could link directly to [[WikiProject_FLOSS]]. Direct link http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_FLOSS
For the moment it is an empty page, but it could link to software that people can use in freedom to contribute
free geodata.

Kind Regards,

Niklas
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