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by joekrill 4630 days ago
That's really awesome. But I still don't think describing MapBox themselves as "Open-Source" is accurate. There are LOTS Of other companies that open source a lot of their code, but certainly wouldn't be considered "Open-Source" themselves: Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, id, Novell, Oracle. The list goes on.

I certainly don't want to take anything away from MapBox. I really love what they offer. I just don't think it's fair to describe them as "Open-Source".
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incanus77 4630 days ago
MapBox does not sell any software or hardware -- all the tools are open source. Unlike Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, id, Novell, Oracle. The list goes on.
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joekrill 4630 days ago
Sure they do. They are a SaaS provider. At least I presume that's what they're charging my credit card for every month.
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incanus77 4630 days ago
Right, but the software used to do it, and the tools to integrate, are open source, which is the original question above. You can do everything MapBox is doing yourself, on your own, but good luck scaling and making it georedundant at super high volume -- that's MapBox's value add.
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joekrill 4630 days ago
I did not realize that. This is exactly what I was asking for clarification on when I first posted. Not sure why we had to get 6 levels deep into the discussion to get to the point, but here we are. Thank you.
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