Yup there's several examples of negotiating similar compromises, all for naught; among other stories of dastardly deeds. Happy to collect these into a follow up post.
Mikel on the phone On Apr 11, 2011, at 13:18, Jeffrey Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: This was *directly* proposed to Google for a specific country (details have to remain private for now). It was even proposed to collect data into a neutral database and 'publish' it into both MM and OSM ... they said flat out they were "not interested". It occurs to me that they simply want to own the data if they are going to participate in this kind of thing. So, 'sharing' is a non-starter. Jeff On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Ed Avis <[email protected]> wrote: Could we perhaps work together with Google by organizing joint mapping parties where the resulting data is added to both maps? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and as with other pseudo-free map projects like People's Map, we should take this as a vindication of the OSM approach. I can appreciate that it really sucks when they copy ideas and claim the credit for them. -- Ed Avis <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
