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Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

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Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

#4

Post by twelve40 »

tetris11 wrote: post #3

Doesn't OSM have corporate donors? (I'd be happy to know it's not reliant on them)

even if it does, a bunch of accessible data you can develop with is a godsend. Even if it were a completely commercial service, i'd still be happy to have some competition over the couple of monopolies that are left in this space.

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

#6

Post by tetris11 »

twelve40 wrote: post #4
tetris11 wrote: post #3

Doesn't OSM have corporate donors? (I'd be happy to know it's not reliant on them)

even if it does, a bunch of accessible data you can develop with is a godsend. Even if it were a completely commercial service, i'd still be happy to have some competition over the couple of monopolies that are left in this space.

I'm just hoping it doesn't turn into the Wikimedia Foundation, yearly begging for substantial funds whilst its many thousands of diligent contributors continue to work under the impression that they're doing a public good, but instead are enriching someone else's product

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

#7

Post by stareatgoats »

tetris11 wrote: post #6
twelve40 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

even if it does, a bunch of accessible data you can develop with is a godsend. Even if it were a completely commercial service, i'd still be happy to have some competition over the couple of monopolies that are left in this space.

I'm just hoping it doesn't turn into the Wikimedia Foundation, yearly begging for substantial funds whilst its many thousands of diligent contributors continue to work under the impression that they're doing a public good, but instead are enriching someone else's product

One can't do public good without enriching someone else, it comes with the territory. It's ok.

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

#9

Post by Borg3 »

tetris11 wrote: post #6
twelve40 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

even if it does, a bunch of accessible data you can develop with is a godsend. Even if it were a completely commercial service, i'd still be happy to have some competition over the couple of monopolies that are left in this space.

I'm just hoping it doesn't turn into the Wikimedia Foundation, yearly begging for substantial funds whilst its many thousands of diligent contributors continue to work under the impression that they're doing a public good, but instead are enriching someone else's product

Now worries. OSM have open data. Just mirror PBF files. Once something bad happen to OSM itself, you can easly respawn new instance. All building blocks are open source.

Re: Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap

#10

Post by dandellion »

stareatgoats wrote: post #7
tetris11 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm just hoping it doesn't turn into the Wikimedia Foundation, yearly begging for substantial funds whilst its many thousands of diligent contributors continue to work under the impression that they're doing a public good, but instead are enriching someone else's product

One can't do public good without enriching someone else, it comes with the territory. It's ok.

Maybe one would prefer to enrich those with limited resources like students and low-income people, without economically enriching a bunch of elites encroaching some non-profit organizations.
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