On 11/12/2010 10:05 AM, Magnus Manske wrote: > Wikimedia policy is to use only free software, at least on the > "customer-facing" side. That includes the PDF-generation process, > which runs on our servers AFAIK. > > Requiring this from sites we (in essence) link to seems excessive. We > link to Google Maps via an intermediate page, similar to PediaPress, > and their code is not 100% open source either, last time I looked. > > Cheers, > Magnus > >
The link to Google Maps is certainly not exclusive and includes links to other mapping services including government mapping agencies and the Open Street Map Project, whose database and toolchain is 100% open source. As a mater of fact, I was introduced to Open Street Map through Wikipedia and its link when I was trying to look up the geo coordinates on a couple of articles done with the Geotagging Wikiproject. Explicitly, I was looking for a mapping tool that I didn't have the copyright problems that Google Maps have and I wasn't interested in pushing fair-use for the side project I was working on. -- Robert Horning ____________________________________________________________ Refinance Now 3.4% FIXED $160,000 Mortgage: $547/mo. No Hidden Fees. No SSN Req. Get 4 Quotes! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4cde52e5ebd961ca75cst03duc _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
