[OSM-talk] License/CT issues: Let's not punish the world's disadvantaged, pls.

[Steve Coast]

Well there's one other aspect which is there are chunks of data only 
available to OpenStreetMap and nobody else.

On 6/22/2011 4:22 PM, David Murn wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 21:17 +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>
>> I wonder what would happen if someone involved in running Google Map
>> Maker were to post a similar message. "Hey, don't like how things go in
>> OSM? Why not come to Google Map Maker where all license issues are solved!"
> Except that
>
> a) Map Maker never had any compatability with any version of OSM
> b) Users who used OSM for the past few years dont necessarily want
> licence issues 'solved' (especially if the only difference they see is a
> degraded map)
> c) fosm isnt a wholey different project in the same way MapMaker is.
> fosm is a copy of OSM, and the two will parallel each other until the
> time that OSM splits off with a new licence change.  If you think of
> fosm as the continuation and OSM as the fork with 'all licence issues
> solved', youre more on-track to the situation
>
> The day after the changeover occurs, the world will look at OSM and fosm
> and theyll see one is a small subset of the other, until the time that
> the main OSM project can come close to making up for the data that has
> had to be removed.  Joe user (especially Joe user who might use map
> maker) doesnt give a rats about licence terms, all they care about is
> seeing complete maps.
>
> David
>
>
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