Read this and substitute OSM for Wikipedia: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/13/google_stabs_wikipedia_in_the_front/
<quote> The moral is: if you're a contributor to an "open" web resource, then beware: the hippy ethos simply marks you out as a mug. Unless you protect and license your work, you *will* be exploited by a powerful corporation. Because as the Scorpion said to the Frog[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog], "It's in my nature - it's what I do"*. </quote> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014, at 15:26, Alex Barth wrote: > Hello everyone - > > I've been sitting on writing about the detrimental effects of OpenStreetMap's > share-alike license (ODbL) for a while and finally decided to, um, share. > I've been listening long to many OpenStreetMappers I respect a ton telling me > it's not so bad and it's just what we're stuck with right now. But given how > bad share alike is for OpenStreetMap I don't think we should give up for > pushing for a more open license. Here's why I think share-alike hurts > OpenStreetMap and how this keeps OpenStreetMap from having the full impact it > could have: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/lxbarth/diary/21221 > > Looking forward to your comments, > > Alex > > _________________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
