Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoMapy.com adding traffic information for Slovakia, Poland, Germany and Austriai.postimg.ccimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageMapy.com adding traffic information for Slovakia, Poland, Germany and Austriai.postimg.ccBlaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square25linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePhytobus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoThey pay for OSM Data because they’re making profits off of it you mean
minus-squarePhytobus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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).