bvh wrote: > On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 12:29:33AM +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: >>> Well, if your definition of better includes open, then no. >> Sometimes when talking about OSM I say provocatively that we're so >> ruthlessly pragmatic that we would even switch to Oracle if someone >> gave us the stuff for free and it worked better than what we >> currently >> have. > > First, I don't think that attitude is prevalent in OSM. For example > every potential data source gets scrutinized for openess nearly to > Debian like levels.
Sure, but it's possible to be an "open geodata" kind of guy without being a "free software" kind of guy. Just because I'm insistent about the cleanliness of our map data doesn't mean I want to give up my Mac and all the lovely closed-source software on it. cheers Richard _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk