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by tomcooks 2002 days ago
how else would the author make money out of freely available data, once this gains traction?
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renewiltord 2001 days ago
I think you can still make money from the freely available data by making it easier to access.
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RhodesianHunter 2002 days ago
Are you against people profiting from their work to provide a useful service to others?
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GavinMcG 2002 days ago
Since they're crowdsourcing, yes, at least without disclosing what commitments they'll make about freedom.

It's also just unfortunate to splinter things away from established open technologies.

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