My Eric DeMenthon's own admission, Craigslist offered a data sharing/licensing agreement of $5000 and 10% of revenues. That's pretty reasonable. If PadMapper can't cover this through its own business model, perhaps there just isn't much money on the table?
Given that PadMapper is a desktop-focused website (and the mobile experience is terrible, so I imagine 90% of their use is desktop), this is sort of a non-starter. It would be as if the Apple were willing to license Samsung their design patents but only on the Newton.
Edit: oh, not what you said. Granted, yes, I found the PM desktop tool much more useful than mobile, though mobile was good enough to use when I was roaming around town.
http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-07-25-craigslist-goes...
"Principled businessman" seems a bit more fair than Jeremy's blog post would suggest.
And, as always, there's a lot nobody but Craig (and Jim) and Eric know. I'm seeing one heck of a PR game being waged.