On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net>wrote:
> > Niklas Cholmkvist wrote: > > How can potlatch be respectable if it is based on non-free > > software? (non-free flash, and you can't touch their source > > code!) > > Personally? I don't give a shit about free software. Or respectability. > hmmmmm..... OSM is composed of free software. It is built on free software. How would it be possible without it? I know many of the OSM people fee the same way as you do... But think about what you are saying for a minute. If all the code and all the tools we used were to be licensed costly software, who would pay for OSM? how would it exist? It would not. mike
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