On Jul 19, 2010, at 12:08 AM, Anthony wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:56 PM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 18, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Anthony wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 2:11 PM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > > The companies I talk to today come down in to two camps on PD. The first > > basically lick their lips and want us to go PD so they don't have to > > contribute anything (in effect make their business easier) and the second > > think it would be nuts because then the project wouldn't have long term > > growth potential and would probably die and fragment like BSD did etc etc > > etc. > > > > I'd count the second group as the brighter ones. > > > > That's interesting, because last time you commented on it, you said "it > > would be much better to move OSM to PD or CC0 for CloudMade and all the > > other companies". Glad to see you're being more honest about it. > > Hi > > Of course it would be better - then CM and everyone else could do what they > like without having to deal with emails like this one. There's nothing new or > complicated here - it's very simple. The best thing for CloudMade would be to > have complete and free access to the data. The best thing for OSM and the > community as a whole, including commercial vendors like CM, is to have > share-alike provisions which keep everyone contributing and honest. > > Just basic game theory. > > I guess I'll count you as one of the "less bright" ones.
And I'll try to imagine your parents basement where you toil endlessly on such counts. Steve stevecoast.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
