[mkgmap-dev] Distribution of free maps made with mkgmap

Thu Feb 14 09:10:17 GMT 2013

On Thu, Feb 14, gbbickerton wrote:

> I was wondering what Garmin's attitude towards the distribution free maps
> made with mkgmap was,
> are there any legal issues to do with reverse engineering their maps or
> distributing non licensed maps etc.

Their answer was to break routing in some regards by removing
support from their firmware.

  Thorsten

Yes, I know, the reason for this was more that they needed the
space in the firmware for their new features ...

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