How can a dead project @mapzen join the @linuxfoundation?
https://www.mapzen.com/blog/shutdown/ https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/01/mapzen-open-source-data-and-software-for-real-time-mapping-applications-to-become-a-linux-foundation-project/ …
The other aspect is that "we" (as the #openstreetmap project and the OSMF) are rightly proud of the ecosystem of software and services that has grown around OSM and its data. I don't think we actually need people with unclear motivations messing around with that. ...
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... but I'm not overly concerned given that mapzen already managed to spend boatloads of other peoples money without producing a sustainable business, and I don't expect it to be different this time.
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PS: there are in popular use
#openstreetmap projects that clearly could use support, mostly those that don't have a clear corporate home right now, the choices by the@linuxfoundation however show that they lack the requisite domain knowledge.
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