OSM Links

I'm not anxious to be an OSM basher, good luck to them all, but there is a significant change in how at least Instapundit is operating. For instance, three links I followed todayhere, here and here, all take me to OSM.

Are participating bloggers going to now be inclined to weight their linking back to OSM? Does this raise any questions about conflicting interests?

Hey, this is a whole new world we are all finding ourselves in but such a dramatic change, to happen so suddenly, is disconcerting. I'm not suggesting anything sinister but people need to remember to check themselves.