Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: Re: [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Greg Troxel
Charlotte Wolter writes: > Really nice discussion of the issues around using for-profit tools > in an open-source organization. The for-profit point isn't really the core issue. IMHO the big issues are the use of non-Free software on servers the use of

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Martijn, I think your approach on this issue is spot on. I personally think that when a project like OSM supports non-Free software, especially ones run by external entities, it sends absolutely the wrong message. Worse still is if we force users to use these gatekeepers to interface with our

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Rihards
On 2016.03.30. 10:40, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 10:36 +0300, Rihards wrote: this might be a bit of a clash of "why are we mapping" reasons. for some people means are not important. for others, osm is one bit in a more open, collaborating world. osm using slack is like

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 10:36 +0300, Rihards wrote: > this might be a bit of a clash of "why are we mapping" reasons. > for some people means are not important. > for others, osm is one bit in a more open, collaborating world. > > osm using slack is like wikipedia using google maps. because they

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Rihards
On 2016.03.30. 10:31, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Sun, 2016-03-27 at 00:07 -0700, Steve Coast wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_(software) And on this page: License Proprietary Until and unless there is an alternative client that is free software (ideally GPL licensed, but BSD/MIT

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Sun, 2016-03-27 at 00:07 -0700, Steve Coast wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_(software) And on this page: > License Proprietary Until and unless there is an alternative client that is free software (ideally GPL licensed, but BSD/MIT licensed would also be okay), I would prefer

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Martijn van Exel wrote: > The web site has always been about the map primarily, > not the people. I am curious if there are any ideas out > there to change that. Groups! cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Slack-tp5870718p5870933.html Sent from