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Re:Stop Google's Exploitation of Open Communities by cdibona on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:44PM (#2435449)
We don't use OSM data on google maps.
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Re:Stop Google's Exploitation of Open Communities by wmf on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:52PM (#2435461)
OSM data isn't the issue. It sounds like Google is asking people to submit map data for free, then claiming ownership of that data.
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Re:Stop Google's Exploitation of Open Communities by ortelius on Monday April 11, 2011 @10:56PM (#2435654)
This is exactly the problem. Google is not only asking people to submit map data for free, but basically giving the impression that the project itself is 'free' when in fact the people that submitted the data cannot use it 'freely'.
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