Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > I'm breaking this out of talk-gb and into talk. > > Richard Fairhurst wrote: > >> Sadly [the openmtbmap author] >> refuses to open-source his code >> (http://openmtbmap.org/faq/#i-would-like-to-have-a-look-into-the-style-file-for-mkgmap), >> >> which is entirely his prerogative but a shame nonetheless. >> > > Maybe it is time for us at OSM to make a distinction between > > (a) open projects in the sense and spirit of OSM, where scripts, style > files, and everything else is open and license-wise available for > everyone to look at and build upon, and > > (b) proprietary projects, whether of commercial or private nature, which > we are still happy to have using our data and which we will still linkt > to and all, but which we do not consider "part of the family". > > I think it's high time this was done. IMO, OCM should be removed from the main map options asked persuasively to rename themselves as they're not really open, are they?
Fredrick - I think this needs a separate new topic. Cheers Dave F. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
