The goals of the OSMF are to facilitate the project. So it could/ should be a goal to look out for worldwide opportunities, not limited to getting sponsors for a single event.
Stefan Op 29 mrt 2010 om 10:16 heeft Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> het volgende geschreven:\ > Hi, > > Stefan de Konink wrote: >> The only pattern I see is that the OSMF is not putting the same >> efforts in fundsraising in compare to the decentralized projects. >> At least are not successfull at it. >> Too busy with licenses maybe? (yes that was a flame) > > To be honest, I think it is very, very shortsighted of some of these > projects to collect data without spending a thought on the licensing > situation. > > Most of them are probably liable to being shut down by one of their > base map providers, and there's little "open" about them if you look > closely. "GreenMap" is certainly more centralized than OSM, with > participants having to be granted a license to use their wondrous > editing software. I'm quite happy that OSMF doesn't have ambitions > like that, and I would hope it stays that way. > > The guy from the local GreenMap initiative in Berlin told me that > they are only a handful of determined people yet they manage to > attract EU funding - by applying for it two years before you need it > and write a 20 page description of what you need the money for. > > I'm sure the group of OSM activists in Berlin could easily achieve > the same - it's just that they have other priorities. > > This has nothing to do with OSMF. > > Bye > Frederik > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
