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So it's like OpenStreetMap for companies? They state they're going to basically scrape OSM. Is this not just competitors trying to dunk on Google while doing EEE against efforts like OpenStreetMap?
I mean, Microsoft does it best https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
it's managed by the linux foundation they aren't going to do that
There's at least a little reason to be weary. The Linux Foundation gets its money from corporations, including pretty much all of the canonical Big Tech companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation#Members