On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Stefan de Konink wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > SteveC schreef: >> You cannot see the process how Cloudmade, Geofabrik and others >> process their data. >> >>> Well the huge difference is that OSM is under a reciprocal license, > > What a difficult set of words were that; honestly never heard of those > before.
I have no idea what that means. > >>> Google and others want us to be PD because they don't want to give >>> anything back. > > Never heard that, if Yahoo is giving us aerial photography to trace, why > wouldn't Google do that for us? Ask Google. It might have something to do with the fact that they want to own all the data. Hint hint. > I don't see how CM can compete in giving back new data, opposed to > Google. See above. The world has moved on from thinking Google is a benevolent force, get with the times. Yours &c. Steve _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
