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

[Andrew Hain]

If they did sue, could Nomination, Osmand or OSM be liable if we implement it?

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Andrew
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From: Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch>
Sent: 11 August 2018 09:43
To: Blake Girardot
Cc: OpenStreetMap
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Is it technically and legally possible to add the Open Location Code to the OSM search?



Am 10.08.2018 um 23:25 schrieb Blake Girardot:
> Is that not the reason OSM was started in the first place?   :)

It is slightly different in more than one way for a monopoly owner to
pre-emptively create and promote a free system  to stop a competitor
from gaining a foothold in a potential new market (and the goog is
obviously spending a fair bit of small change on the whole thing). I
suspect suing the goog is plan b for the w3w investors if they are not
successful with the company as such.


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