Thanks for that advice. I will draft an email over the next couple of days. On Tue, Jun 28, 2016, at 08:51 PM, Simon Poole wrote: > The explicit permission that we received was for data released > directly by the Australian government, it is unclear if that could > apply to data that they have licensed from a third party for > distribution which seems to be the case here. > CC by 4.0 reduced the requirements on attribution compared to earlier > versions and people have argued that the indirect attribution > (OpenStreetMap -> osm.org -> original datasource) might be enough to > satisfy them, however I would suggest getting explicit permission from > either PSMA or > > Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet > 02 6271 5111 > spat...@pmc.gov.au > > to be on the safe side. > The further issue I see, is with the additional privacy principles > that must be followed. We cannot restrict how our data is used outside > of the ODbL terms. While we might not be adding personal information, > downstream that may well happen. > A possible workaround might be for either PSMA or pmc.gov.au to > identify which datasets are touchy and not import/use them (and lift > the additional terms for the remaining datasets). > Simon > > Am 28.06.2016 um 08:54 schrieb cleary: >> After brief discussion on the talk-au list, advice is requested from >> the legal-talk list. The PSMA Admin Boundaries Data is released by >> the Australian Government at >> https://data.gov.au/dataset/psma-administrative-boundaries It is >> provided under CC-BY-4.0 licence with a condition relating to privacy >> principles. OSM has received explicit permission to use some >> Australian Government Data. See >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution/data.gov.au_explicit_permission >> Some items published at data.gov.au under CC-BY 4.0 have already been >> listed on the Contributors page of the wiki but there is concern that >> the above-mentioned explicit permission may be insufficient for the >> data. The wiki contributors page includes the statement "Incorporates >> or developed using Administrative Boundaries ©PSMA Australia Limited >> licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under Creative Commons >> Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)." but it is not >> sourced or referenced so that its significance is unclear. The >> Boundaries Data is also provided with the condition that "Users must >> only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian >> Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)." It >> seems to me that OSM does not collect or use any personal information >> about identifiable individuals that would cause a problem but someone >> else may have a different view. Can we please have advice on whether >> the previously received explicit permission is adequate to permit use >> of the PSMA Admin Boundaries Data and whether there is any concern in >> relation to the Australian Privacy Principles. >> _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing >> list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk >> > > _________________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > Email had 1 attachment:
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