On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Tomasz Torcz <to...@pipebreaker.pl> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 08:06:09PM +0000, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: >> The source makes use of the new Mozilla Location Service[1] and that >> being very new, does not have a lot of coverage. The good news is that >> they provide a web API and an android application to allow people to >> help them extend their coverage: Mozstumblr. I talked to our designers >> briefly about having a similar service/app in GNOME to be able to >> contribute data from GNOME itself as well but lack of GPS hardware >> makes it rather not that useful in the end. >> >> So what I would really appreciate is for you nice folks to consider >> installing Mozstumblr on your android phones (if you have one, that >> is) and make our geolocation framework work as well as we all want it >> to. > > Mozilla works one way with this Location Service. They do collect > data, but don't allow downloading them back: > http://pavelmachek.livejournal.com/120952.html
There is a very good reason they don't let you download it: https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/FAQ#Can_I_download_the_entire_raw_database.3F In short, the data isn't exactly theirs to give away freely. > I don't think GNOME should encourage contributions to such closed, > proprietary service. None of the software is closed or proprietary. Its all availlable and developed in open like a real free software: https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea https://github.com/mozilla/MozStumbler Moreover, you can easily create a service based on their service that gives out data to everyone if you wish so but I don't see GNOME needing to do so. -- Regards, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) ________________________________________ Befriend GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/friends/ _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
