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    6 months ago

    when you could just freeload on volunteers work instead?

    Part of – if not the primary point – of OSM is that people can use its database in their projects. That’s a feature, not a bug. They could have very readily restricted commercial use of the database and chose not to do so.

    I would have been far less-willing to contribute if it weren’t a resource available to everyone.