How are they able to change the license of code that people committed under the 3-clause BSD license without the permission of those people?
Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
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Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#42What a shame. I guess they got sick of people taking their code and ripping out their API subscriptions. For anyone interested in an open source mapping library (that also has 3D support) that can handle raster data (including the Mapbox tiles), I launched a project 2 weeks ago that is the culmination of 7 years effort: https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js/ . I must say (while acknowledging my huge bias) t…
Kudos for great project. I did see some funny looking monument looking artifacts while browsing your NZ parks examples.
Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#43What a shame. I guess they got sick of people taking their code and ripping out their API subscriptions. For anyone interested in an open source mapping library (that also has 3D support) that can handle raster data (including the Mapbox tiles), I launched a project 2 weeks ago that is the culmination of 7 years effort: https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js/ . I must say (while acknowledging my huge bias) t…
What other alternatives exist? I know now:
* openlayers, but vector tiles have no web GL support there
* Procedural GL JS
* tangram
* deck.gl (from Uber)
* harp.gl (from HERE Maps)
Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#44What a shame. I guess they got sick of people taking their code and ripping out their API subscriptions. For anyone interested in an open source mapping library (that also has 3D support) that can handle raster data (including the Mapbox tiles), I launched a project 2 weeks ago that is the culmination of 7 years effort: https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js/ . I must say (while acknowledging my huge bias) t…
What other alternatives exist? I know now: * openlayers, but vector tiles have no web GL support there * Procedural GL JS * tangram * deck.gl (from Uber) * harp.gl (from HERE Maps)
Openlayers has some prototype webgl support that's a bit promising. I enjoyed working with it (but hate working with buggy webgl in general).
Leaflet is also great.
If you're doing any sort of front end GIS I recommend openlayers above all else including mapbox.
But I suspect 99% of users just need basic maps. Leaflet is great for that.
Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#45How are they able to change the license of code that people committed under the 3-clause BSD license without the permission of those people?
It's open source code; you use it like any other open source code, ship the license with the software.
Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#46How are they able to change the license of code that people committed under the 3-clause BSD license without the permission of those people?
Read the BSD license. There's nothing preventing the code being redistributed in another product (in this case, Mapbox JS v2) under any license terms whatsoever, as long as the copyright holders are appropriately credited.
Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#47We tried to implement mapbox on a new product last week. I like the style options for the maps but their reverse geo lookup and local search performed poorly vs google maps.
Pins dropped down the street from actual address and search results don't narrow in accurately using POI and city/state - for example "Chipotle Parker Colorado" rather than showing the 3 chipotles in Parker, CO lists:
- the city "Parker, CO"
- Parker street in Pueblo, CO
- childrens hospital therapy center in Parker, CO
It just doesn't match the behavior our users have - probably because they have been trained how to search using google and google maps.
I am guessing the main use for mapbox is actually custom tiles and custom datasets but anyone using it as a replacement for google maps I'd love to hear if you were able to solve this without too much trouble. We preferred their API, sdks, and pricing over google maps but just couldn't get the results we wanted.
Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#48How are they able to change the license of code that people committed under the 3-clause BSD license without the permission of those people?
I don't see an issue with this - It's well understood that this can happen with permissive licenses, although often it's from BSD -> GPL/copyleft license.
Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#49What a shame. I guess they got sick of people taking their code and ripping out their API subscriptions. For anyone interested in an open source mapping library (that also has 3D support) that can handle raster data (including the Mapbox tiles), I launched a project 2 weeks ago that is the culmination of 7 years effort: https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js/ . I must say (while acknowledging my huge bias) t…
What other alternatives exist? I know now: * openlayers, but vector tiles have no web GL support there * Procedural GL JS * tangram * deck.gl (from Uber) * harp.gl (from HERE Maps)
Re: Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
What other alternatives exist? I know now: * openlayers, but vector tiles have no web GL support there * Procedural GL JS * tangram * deck.gl (from Uber) * harp.gl (from HERE Maps)
https://cesium.com/cesiumjs/
I’ll add cesium also has commercial support and has been doing this for a while. It’s excellent. Patrick Cozzi and crew really know their stuff, highly recommend.