Gregory's ServerOverture is an amazing complementary project for OpenStreetMap, these two can proliferate together. But. They clash because they don't talk to each other, either can't or won't or don't know they have to. And from that the very strange moment for OSM is formed. I feel it in the air here at #sotmeu, but nobody verbalises it. I tried in my telegram channel: https://t.me/foss4g_ru/1469
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 @zverik I have strong views on Overture and OSM, based on my previous experiences with other companies trying similar things. But since most of my conversations at sotmeu were around openstreetmap-website development, and overture-related presentations Q&A isn't the best place to discuss a complex and nuanced topic, I'll need to save my thoughts for some other venue! |
@zverik Partly true. In my (questionable) opinion, there's a fundamental difference in the motivations of Overture and OSM. Overture is a commercial interest group while OSM is a public interest collective. One is driven by profit motives and enablement of "industries" and the other is not explicitly aimed towards such an outcome (or at least doesn't seem to be).
It's not that they won't talk to each other. It's just that there's nothing to talk. There is no overlap in intentions.