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Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by Mizza on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:21PM (#11390415)
It's nice that this isn't Google, and it's a good product, but it's still a non-Free product.

I'm still looking for a FaiF version of something like this - does anybody know of one? Seems like a slap in the face to all of the OSM developers to use an entirely Free stack with a proprietary veneer on it.

Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by thomersch_ on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:28PM (#11390461)
You might like http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/.

But honestly, even if it's proprietary, OpenStreetMappers don't mind. We're happy that someone is using our data, that's what we are there for.

Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by Doctor_Fegg on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:29PM (#11390477)
+1. OSM loves things being built on it, of whatever licence.
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by chippy on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:29PM (#11390479)
OpenStreetMap folks just care about the data, I doubt anyone would begrudge someone making a proprietary service using open data - it's the data that's important, after all. The OSM Project is not looking to replace Google My Maps, or to have such a service on the main osm.org website.

Now, what you are looking for is probably something along the lines of uMap http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UMap which has something like a WTFPL license https://github.com/umap-project/umap/ and which is something I point people to. It's lacking the design flair of this product but it's probably a bit more feature rich.

Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by hyperknot on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:27PM (#11390454)
Hi, I made MapHub. There is nothing I have against open sourcing parts or the full MapHub product, but it's a very delicate decision, so I'd like to wait and think more about it. Would a GitLab like business model make it more attractive for you?
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by a3_nm on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @01:12PM (#11390970)
Contrary to what the parent comment suggested, there's no problem with using OSM data for a proprietary service, but the home page says "An open platform", which I think is very misleading. Your platform is built on open data, but apparently it is not at all "open" itself.
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by Mizza on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:41PM (#11390607)
Exactly! I'm still happy to use a hosted version of the service, but I want to be able to improve it if I need to, or run my own service if yours die, etc.
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by benjlang on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:30PM (#11390483)
We're using Open Street Map here (not charging) http://mapme.com/stories
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by ionforce on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:33PM (#11390521)
How do you expect a FaiF thing to exist? Clearly you mean "free to me".
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by Mizza on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:42PM (#11390627)
How does any Free software exist? Somebody makes it that way.
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by dsp1234 on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:31PM (#11390495)
Seems like a slap in the face to all of the OSM developers to use an entirely Free stack with a proprietary veneer on it.

Particularly since the author does not appear to be meeting their burden under the OpenStreetMap license.

"You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors."[0]

"We require that you use the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors”."

"For a browsable electronic map, the credit should appear in the corner of the map. For example:"

[0] - http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by maxerickson on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:38PM (#11390572)
As I switched through the different layers when viewing a map, the attribution changed, correctly reflecting the data sources.

There might be a bug or two to work out, but they clearly aren't ignoring attribution.

Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by hyperknot on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @12:41PM (#11390612)
Sorry, the "contributors" word was missing, I've updated the footers. On all the 3rd party maps I've used whatever was required in their guidelines.
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by Bedon292 on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @03:55PM (#11392416)
You may want to check if you need `contributors` to the OSM part of the Thunderforest ones as well. Not sure if the requirements are different there or not.
Re:Show HN: MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on ... by hyperknot on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @04:18PM (#11392625)
Thanks, I've checked it and changed it!