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		incanus77 on Oct 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Maps Open-Source Challenger MapBox Raises $... You can use MapBox's open source software to do everything you'd pay MapBox for on your own. You'll just have your work cut out to autoscale and make it georedundant at high volume, which is MapBox's value add. MapBox isn't selling the software IP, the user, ads, or lock-in.

joekrill on Oct 16, 2013 [–]

Simply posting a github link and "156 public repos" doesn't really imply this, though. So thank you for clarifying.

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