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I believe the problem is more like using their weight as a company to "steal" resources (volunteers, data from governments and what not) from the open initiativ
by andos 16y ago
I believe the problem is more like using their weight as a company to "steal" resources (volunteers, data from governments and what not) from the open initiative to generate a product that is closed.
Seen from that point of view and taking into account that Google has a history of censoring maps, I think it's not that silly an argument.
- warrenwilkinson 16y agoOSM doesn't own volunteer time. If the volunteers find Googles platform & terms more pleasing, then more power to them. However, if the original article is correct in that Google misleads volunteers, then I hope his post helps correct that.
- exit 16y agowhy are you accusing them of claiming they own volunteer time? if someone has huge visibility, they can leverage it to gain more volunteer time at the expense of competing on platform & terms.