>>>>> "Simon" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Simon> There’s at least Java, Ruby, ActionScript, Perl, Python, C and Simon> C++ in use. I think it just so happens that the more prolific Simon> tools are written in Java. I could be wrong. He he, it looks like I stumbled mostly on Java apps... Simon> OSM is an open data project, and open source software Simon> (preferrably “free software”) is not really one of its aims. Simon> They do go hand‐in‐hand, however, and I’d say a majority of Simon> software for OpenStreetMap _is_ free software (no hard numbers). I saw that majority is _free_ software, but several apps are not _open-source - that's the difference I wonder about. Simon> Getting JOSM running in a free Java implementation was “fun”. Simon> Now OpenJDK is about it has gotten even easier. I’m not so keen Simon> on the fiddling either. I've mkgmap works with OpenJDK, but prefer Merkaartor over JOSM (Java GUI apps do not play nicely with xmonad WM. Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Zagreb, Croatia | GPG key: C6E7162D ----------------------------------------------------------------
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