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Old November 17th 19, 11:06 PM posted to uk.comp.sys.mac,alt.computer.workshop,alt.comp.os.windows-10
David
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Default OT - What3words: The app that can save your life

On 17/11/2019 23:00, Mike Easter wrote:
David wrote:
The facility has been approved by Apple and is available free of
charge in the Apple App Sto-

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/what3w...82771079?mt=12


You don't have to be FOSS to be approved by Apple.Â* You can also be a
free app to the users public and still be a commercial proprietary
product.Â* They'll be charging the various business and other entities.

"its revenue comes from charging businesses for high-volume use of the
API that converts between 3 words and coordinates; "

Personally, I think such as whatfreewords should be able to produce a
similar product without limitation.Â* There have been other geocodes for
the earth for years and years in the public domain.



Don't shoot me - I'm just the messenger! ;-)

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