[OSM-talk] We Need to Stop Google's Exploitation of Open Communities

[Jeffrey Johnson]

This was *directly* proposed to Google for a specific country (details
have to remain private for now). It was even proposed to collect data
into a neutral database and 'publish' it into both MM and OSM ... they
said flat out they were "not interested". It occurs to me that they
simply want to own the data if they are going to participate in this
kind of thing. So, 'sharing' is a non-starter.

Jeff

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:
> Could we perhaps work together with Google by organizing joint mapping parties
> where the resulting data is added to both maps?
>
> Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and as with other pseudo-free map
> projects like People's Map, we should take this as a vindication of the OSM
> approach.  I can appreciate that it really sucks when they copy ideas and claim
> the credit for them.
>
> --
> Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>
>
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