On 10/01/2013 00:17, Rovastar wrote:
Firstly, I didn't expect so much conversation on this. I must say I never really though about the closed nature vs open source of OSM conflict. And I am not a facebook user myself (I really dislike the walled garden idea that is facebook) and only joined Twitter to see what it is about, I've not used it.
I'm really disturbed by the prevalent tone in this thread. What's 'ideology' got to do with OpenStreetMap? After 3+ years of contributing to OSM, have I actually been supporting some crypto-socialist conspiracy that opposes private-property rights, commercialism, mass-marketing, the profit motive, free-market capitalism, and basically everything I believe in? I thought I was just helping to create a fantastic mapping database. Just because I contribute to an 'open' database, does that mean I have to oppose anything that is 'closed' or proprietary?7
As for being accused of being illiterate because I use Twitter... Well, words fail me.
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