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		ForHackernews on April 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Waze is so popular in Costa Rica (2014) All that does is prevent Google from slurping OSM into Google Maps and not giving anything back. I don't see how it prevents it from being "usable and useful". If anything, it makes it more useful because if everyone contributes to OSM, it means we're not constantly reduplicating effort.

forrestthewoods on April 1, 2015 [–]

Like I said, it's the same debate as GPL vs MIT which has been had on the Internet a million times.

psykovsky on April 1, 2015 | [–]

Symbiotic vs Parasitic describes it better.

forrestthewoods on April 1, 2015 | | [–]

A million and one.

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