Re: Where's the money in GIS?
Bernhard Reiter <[email protected]>
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Am 4. Jan 2006 um 09:12:59 schrieb Arnulf Christl: > Adam wrote: > > I was wondering if people on this list would share where they think the > > money is in GIS? > > Selling Public Data Sets? > > Does not make sense as it has already been funded and now should be > understood as collective property. The old German term "Allmende" > describes this best: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allmende. Pity it does > not translate well into English. Anybody any suggestions? It translates nicely as common good, common land or commons as in "The tragedy of the Commons". This is why I believe the comparison is bad: With data that can be copied without loss, the tragedy is missing. _______________________________________________ Freegis-list mailing list [email protected] https://intevation.de/mailman/listinfo/freegis-list
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