Hi there, just a question, freeware for non commercial usage / non open source being promoted on the osm wiki? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:OSM_Composer Is this what we want ? is there any policy on that? I know we have strict policies on map data, but what about wikiusage and usage of the resources of the osm.
It sends a bad message to have non free software being promoted our wiki. Someone asked me to help translate this tool, and I was shocked to find no source code. Does OSM have any guidelines about software that is hosted on the wiki? Can people just make software under any license and then put it on the wiki for free advertising ? Can I advertise anything I want on the wiki? I know that flossk our group in Kosovo has guidelines on non free software and we dont allow people to use our conference or donated resources to promote non-free software, because our mission is to promote software freedom and data freedom, not just data freedom. Autotranslate from the wikipage : <<< Why is not Open Source Composer? Composer shares code and base libraries with a few other programs I've written over time and used by various organizations. First, these interfaces must always remain backward compatible, on the other hand, these older users' rights and would not part with an opening to the code agree. Additionally, for me, especially if a program usable for the (hobby) is the user. And it takes a lot more with proper documentation, as the source code with which you can usually start anyway not in the least. <<< Well, lets see the source code that he parts he can publish and we can rewrite the parts that are not available. I think it would make more sense to have the app being open and have 1-2 libs that are not and should be replaced as closed libs. In any case, we could work on the translation. Also, proper documentation is the source, no? I mean want more proper documentation can you get except source code that works? you can debug it. thanks, mike _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
