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

Mikel mikel_maron at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 11 19:07:03 BST 2011


Yup there's several examples of negotiating similar compromises, all for naught; among other stories of dastardly deeds. Happy to collect these into a follow up post.

Mikel on the phone

On Apr 11, 2011, at 13:18, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:

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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