I can't speak for Chris, but you don't make me nervous because you're quite open and you don't drive any issues that may have business implications.
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sort of sick of allegations that what I say and do in the community > is somehow tainted by myself doing business in OSM. Here's a quote from talk > a while ago: > > Chris Browet wrote: > >> The fact that many key players (SteveC, Frederik, Richard(?)) in the >> project also have commercial interests in the OSM data also make me nervous >> and doubtful. >> > > I assure you it does not have to make you nervous. Just because someone > earns money doesn't automatically make him an asshole with no morals. > Basically, everyone who writes what you wrote above somehow seems to want to > say: "We must always consider that he might be lying to us because he wants > to make more money." > > This makes me sad; I spend a lot of time with OSM stuff, and I could > certainly be making a lot more money if I'd take a job in some IT > consultancy. But I chose to work in OSM because that way I get to do what I > like. Hear? WHAT I LIKE. I have found a way to earn a living from doing what > I like, and helping to move the project forward while I'm doing that. > > Until now, I have had exactly one prospective client who, after I had > explained the CC-BY-SA to him, want away with a "no thank you", and I have > had exactly one prospective client for whom the CC-BY-SA would have been > fine but his project wouldn't work with the ODbL (forcing him to release a > database he would not have wanted to release), so he went away too. > > So the ODbL isn't really better or worse for business - it depends, or at > least that's my view. > > In a way, of course, I have a "business interest" in OSM growing and > becoming better, but can you hold that against me? > > You could also say that I have a "business interest" in the license matter > being resolved one way or the other becaus that saves me from having to > explain *two* licenses to every prospective customer which is a bit painful > sometimes. > > And as for me being a "key player" - I am writing a lot on the lists, I am > mapping a bit, I have written some software, and I am on the data working > group. I am not essential to anything OSM does, don't hold an OSMF post (nor > have I ever sought one)... > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk >
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