[alwayshumans]

The OS are making a lot more data freely available as part of the Geospatial commission push to make geospatial data more widely available to drive innovation. I wouldn't be surprised if this is all a slow response to external activities like OSM and Google

[MrMorden]

I remember reading that when all OS data cost money half of their income came from other government departments, so once you add dealing with all that licensing there's not much extra cost to just fund it out of general revenue.

[tobylane]

It’s also in response to the urban planning difficulty of knowing who owns what or what’s under this spot.