[OSM-talk] Recent edits in the wiki / Trademark issue

[Jochen Topf]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 08:14:23AM -0800, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
> > Why is Openstreetmap yielding to such blatant appropriation of 
> > the English language ?
> 
> Because we have bigger battles to fight. Let Google piss their money away on
> defending the term "geocode". If OSM has $1m to spend, which it doesn't, I'd
> rather it spent it on making the site easier to use and attracting more
> mappers, rather than throwing lawyers at a trademark troll.

There is no way to get rid of bullies but to stand up to them. That was right
in kindergarden and it is right in the real world.

Jochen
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