[OSM-talk] Is it technically and legally possible to add the Open Location Code to the OSM search?

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

On 10.08.18 23:06, Simon Poole wrote:
> While the goals sound worthy, it is unclear if any of the grid systems
> (w3w, plus codes and so on) deliver on their promises and have any
> traction outside of people in countries with established addressing
> systems trying to push them as solutions for countries without.
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> As I've pointed out before, if OSM supports a specific system, it
> amounts to us picking a winner , and I really don't think that is a good
> idea. w3w wants to make money from royalties, google wants to avoid
> paying them. Both have a financial interest in us adopting their
> systems. IMHO when one eventually "wins" we can start supporting it
> then, before one of them pasts the post, it is premature.
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> Simon
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I think it will work like this - a dispatcher at an ambulance service 
says during a call: "We will not go to your house unless you provide the 
plus-code. Bot the Google Maps and OpenStreetMap websites allow to 
generate the plus-code for a house." I mean it will not work without a 
leadership.

The OLC is Open Source with the Apache 2.0 license. I have a doubt 
though, - cannot Google in couple of years say: "We change the license 
and not one has to pay for the OLC usage?" I am not a lawyer and I do 
not know such subtleties.

Best regards,

Oleksiy

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