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Re:Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team by nix23 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:11AM (#34691694)
Ohoh! OpenStreetMap is in danger...again and again...
Re:Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team by mtmail on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:46AM (#34692008)
Is this regarding "OpenStreetMap is in trouble – a critical take on Bing Map Builder" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34680958) discussion yesterday?

Microsoft is known to water down open source, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis... was a phrase by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is more like a sister project to OpenStreetMap. Very open, shared technology, many volunteers work on both, same conferences. The focus is different, some of the funding comes from different sources.

Re:Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team by Doctor_Fegg on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @08:09AM (#34692231)
Heaven knows what'll happen if we ever start succeeding!