Comment 6 for bug 579462

chris_debian wrote:
> kizza wrote:
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> > Cloudmade looks good but it's not open source so it means we have to muck around with API keys and usage limits. I'd personally be more comfortable waiting for YOURS to improve or for OpenRouteService to go global.
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> I didn't realise when Cloudmade was being discussed, that it wasn't open source. I would not be able to contribute to a project that wasn't open. For me that isn't an option.
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> Thanks,
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> Chris.

I partially agree with you because I also want everything to be opensource, but that's not always possible: as an example, your current drivers on your Android phone are not.
I think the routing service used could be up to the user, and customizable from a select list (like the name finder service) before search or after search (displaying the multiple routing choices on a map according to each service selected in preferences).
Cloudmade service may not be opensource but it's free to use and provide a good up to date worldwide OSM routing service.
Even OpenRouteService is not completely opensource, only the "core code of the routing algorithmus".