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Free and Open Source Policy

The complete Organic Maps project codebase and all associated tools, documents and resources are released using FSF or OSI approved FOSS licenses1. OM doesn't require contributors to assign their copyrights, so that its much harder to take over the project and change to a proprietary license.

All data comes from open sources2 (e.g. map data is based on OpenStreetMap).

We strive to use FOSS tools and platfroms for collaboration when possible. There are some notable exceptions, e.g. Github (https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/7059). Contributors are free to use whatever individual tools they're used to (e.g. proprietary IDEs).

The development process is open: e.g. a full commit history is available in repositories, all Github PRs and issues are open and we strive to conduct as much discussions in public as possible.

  1. At the moment non-F-Droid Android builds of OM contain a proprietary Google Play Services Location library, which possibly could be replaced by a FOSS implementation in the future (see #9916). Please let us know if you spot any other non-free bits. ↩︎

  2. The data file associating OSM hotel POIs with Kayak listings is courtesy of Kayak.com. ↩︎