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Ehud Shabtai who initiated and established Freemap and Waze constantly firmly insisted to crowdsource data without utilizing external sources or tasks like Open, Street, Map that would restrict commercialization of the Waze map data. Beginning with Waze v3 the application was reworded and as such switched to an exclusive license. The last open-source client version for the i, Phone and Android is 2.
0, and for Windows Mobile 2. 0. A class action fit was filed in March 2014 by accounting professional Roey Gorodish against Waze, claiming copyright infraction for the use of open-source Free, Map map and code from the open-source Road, Map software application, a task that Ehud Shabtai had contributed for the Windows Pocket, PC variation in 2006.
The suit was dismissed once again with last verdict offered by the Israeli Supreme Court on 28 January 2019. See also [modify]"Waze - GPS, Maps, Traffic Alerts & Live Navigation APKs". APKMirror. "Waze Navigation & Live Traffic". App Store. "Waze - GPS, Maps, Traffic Alerts & Live Navigation APKs". APKMirror. Android Authorities.
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