At this point, I don't really consider OSM an OSS project, but an infrastructure.
It has small value for everyone, but all combined usage, it has immense economical value for the society. All alone, it's not really useful to end-users, but it can help a lot of businesses that couldn't exist before it.
Maps are already considered infrastructure, since they are already made by governments!
The only missing part to say OSM is an infrastructure, is for governments to actually contribute to it.
It has small value for everyone, but all combined usage, it has immense economical value for the society. All alone, it's not really useful to end-users, but it can help a lot of businesses that couldn't exist before it.
Maps are already considered infrastructure, since they are already made by governments!
The only missing part to say OSM is an infrastructure, is for governments to actually contribute to it.