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I think their message is just right. I would reserve calling them thieving bastards only after they explicitly refuse to give credit. What Apple did is shamefu
by ugh 15y ago
I think their message is just right. I would reserve calling them thieving bastards only after they explicitly refuse to give credit.
What Apple did is shameful but I think what OSM is doing is most likely to promote their goals. Let others write the outraged articles.
- rmc 15y agoafter they explicitly refuse to give credit Well then they'd be in breech of copyright, OSM data is Creative Commons licenced (CC-BY-SA) (It's due to be relicenced soon). There are well understood, legal, avenues to explore when companies breech copyright. We don't need to resort to name calling.
- ugh 15y agoMoral condemnation is possible outside of legal battlegrounds.
- brudgers 15y agoWrong discussion. This is the one about the blog, not OSM's response. Not to belabor the point, but Apple explicitly refused to give credit the moment they published the App. Despite whatever insinuations you might be making, of course OSM is pursuing their goals - goals which are utterly legitimate, legal, above board, intended to promote the general welfare and not for private profit or stockholder value.