[OSM-talk] STFU

[Kevin Peat]

On 3 Feb 2013 00:31, "Tom Taylor" <tom.taylor.stds at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ...They don't contribute to the mapping that is presumably our primary
interest.
>

Open source projects have a philosophy about them, they are not just a pile
of data and source code. Although the term 'geocode' is not core to OSM
there are probably companies out there with trademarks and patents on
things which are. So it is important we don't just cave-in to every bully
that comes along, hence the passionate reaction to something that is really
a trivial issue.

Kevin
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