On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:41:42AM -0500, Ian Dees wrote: > When Google turns Google MapMaker on in the US and Europe*, it will become > much harder to recruit new mappers to our community (that is already quite > small). Being passive about this issue means that OSM and its more-open data > will eventually be drowned out by Google's much greater marketing might. > > -Ian > > * At Google's MapMaker User's summit last week someone said that this would > happen (at least in the US) "soon".
Its all about freedom - and teaching the people about it. The stricter our new license is, the less difference people will be able to see when telling them. This is why i am proposing BSD all the time - its the biggest difference one can get from anything all others do. No restrictions - period. Flo -- Florian Lohoff [email protected] „Für eine ausgewogene Energiepolitik über das Jahr 2020 hinaus ist die Nutzung von Atomenergie eine Brückentechnologie und unverzichtbar. Ein Ausstieg in zehn Jahren, wie noch unter der rot-grünen Regierung beschlossen, kommt für die nationale Energieversorgung zu abrupt.“ Angela Merkel CDU 30.8.2009
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