I have no problem releasing the patches under GPL. However they do need a bit more clean up (and a review would be good) before they're ready to integrate into CVS. I'll try to get that done in the next day or so.
I also subscribed to the xastir-dev list if that would be more appropriate for this conversation. 73, ...jerry KA6HLD On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Curt, WE7U <curt.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Jerry Dunmire wrote: > >> Google is a problem because their usage policy does not allow caching. >> Several other standalone applications (viking comes to mind) have had >> to stop using Google maps for just that reason. > > Depending on the exact restrictions, we could disallow Xastir's > caching when using Google maps. > > >> OSM is possible. While IANAL, the Creative Commons license OSM is >> using for the maps and map data appears to be compatible with xastir. > > ... >> >> I have been trying to use the StaticMap >> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StaticMap) interface to OSM, with >> some success. > > ... >> >> If anyone is interested, I would be happy to share my patches. > > Release them under GPL and I'd be happy to try to integrate them > into CVS. Just send them in private e-mail with suitable licensing > and credit sentences in the patch or in the e-mail text. > > -- > Curt, WE7U. <http://www.eskimo.com/~archer> > APRS: Where it's at! <http://www.xastir.org> > Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown > Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. > The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > Xastir@lists.xastir.org > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir