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

[Nic Roets]

2010/5/2 Niklas Cholmkvist <towardsoss at gmail.com>:
> I added an Introduction at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_FLOSS . I didn't put very

The most important reason (for me at least) to write OSM related
FLOSS, is increase the rate at which tags are standardized. For
example, if contributors find that their favorite router generates bad
routes, they look for bugs in the underlying data. If it generates
good routes, they'll move on. If that router happens to be proprietary
it will mean that some of the data is, in effect locked up in a
proprietary standard. If the source is published, then the OSM
community can at least look at the what variables influences the
router and aim for compatibility. And if you think that contributors
only look at the wiki, look at this discussion:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Gosmore#Illegal_Routing

Regards,
Nic