[ILUG-Cochin.org] Google Mapping Party - Someone please enlighten us

[Dinkar Mohana Pai]

Hello

Thank you for the reply and the links, make sense now.

Best Regards
Din.

On 27-Jan-10, at 2:36 PM, Praveen A wrote:

> 2010/1/27 Dinkar Mohana Pai <din at dinkar.com>:
>> Hello
>>
>> I hope this is related to opensource / free software movement, as I  
>> see in
>> newspapers, the free software movement is against google mapping  
>> party.
>>
>> Would someone please enlighten us (N00b like me) on this issue ? I  
>> mean, it
>> is all about the security issues ? Or the ownership issue ?
>
> See this thread for a detailed discussion
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm/browse_thread/thread/e61c195c55a657fd
>
>> Why the free software foundation opposes it ? Sorry, but was not  
>> clearly
>> explained in the newspapers, so thought I will ask here.
>>
>> http://www.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=79905 - That is the link/ 
>> news I
>> read.
>
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>
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