[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) arnulf.christl at wheregroup.com
Fri May 16 09:34:46 PDT 2008


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> But disagree there. Switching from M$ documents to 'real' open source 
> documents and dropping licensed graphical data in favour of OSM and 
> other free map data opens the door to 'Standardising' on something that 
[...]

For the records: correct terminology. There is nothing wrong with putting a license on top of anything as it is only a legal definition of what can be done and what cannot be done within a specified jurisdiction. What many oppose to is *restrictive* or *proprietary* licenses. 

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