On Monday 02 April 2007 11:42:51 Attila Csipa wrote: > On Monday 02 April 2007 08:13, Hans L wrote: > > I guess it is a question of whether the map providers are willing to > > cooperate and divulge the details of their file format to an open source > > project, or alternatively converting their data into some open format for > > use with such a project. > > In my experience this is highly unlikely. Their first thought would be > content protection - and on OpenMoko you (should) have none. When they > license data to software companies, it's easier, since they have NDA-s, > contractual obligations, etc, but they would see no incentive to open up > their formats. The income from end users buying open format data is > minuscule compared to the possible damages from pirated data and/or lost > bulk contracts from their point of view. And to reiterate a personal > opinion about commercial software on OM - please do not change or put a > minute of effort in OpenMoko to make commercial software run easier than > any other software (unless you get a substantial donation :) - if a company > is to make some money on OpenMoko users, let it at least pay it's own costs > in full.
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