Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agoMapy.com adding traffic information for Slovakia, Poland, Germany and Austriai.postimg.ccimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down13
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minus-squarePhytobus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoMapy is a financial supporter of OSM, which isn’t free to develop btw. So they’re not leeching of FOSS labour, they’re helping to make it possible.
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThey pay for OSM Data because they’re making profits off of it you mean
minus-squarePhytobus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoNo, OSM is free for everyone, doesn’t matter if you make profit off of it or not, so they don’t have to pay for anything. They’re choosing to support OSM to help it improve (which is also in their own benefit).
Mapy is a financial supporter of OSM, which isn’t free to develop btw. So they’re not leeching of FOSS labour, they’re helping to make it possible.
They pay for OSM Data because they’re making profits off of it you mean
No, OSM is free for everyone, doesn’t matter if you make profit off of it or not, so they don’t have to pay for anything. They’re choosing to support OSM to help it improve (which is also in their own benefit).