On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Peter Gervai <grinapo+osmt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 2:01 PM, ajt1...@gmail.com <ajt1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 22/11/2015 12:51, Colin Smale wrote: > > > ...and once again, as seems to be the norm in OSM, any minority interest > > which is not supported by the oligarchy gets mercilessly shot down. > > > ... except it's not _just_ the "oligarchy", is it? No-one on this list > > seems to have a good word for the original idea. > > And even many of the the lurkers don't. Central repository is bad for > longevity. > Even if we completely ignore the licensing issues, there is a profit motive behind w3w. They gotta sell something. And I'd be shocked if it's not vanity words. So, say I start telling friends about this awesome sushi place at food.bear.utopia, but a competing eating establishment buys the naming rights and has it changed to sushi.sucks.ass. Now you're not going to find your salmon sashimi at food.bear.utopia because that's not a valid combination anymore.
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