On 11/10/2013 00:41, Jonathan wrote:
Can someone advise me on whether the UK Open Government License allows
for us to use it as a source in OSM?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/
Hi Jonathan and all,
Basically, yes, no problem. Make sure that any material is indeed under
the UK Open Government License and not the Ordnance Survey bastardised
version. Then, look for any attribution wording and add to
OpenStreetMap's attribution page:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution .
In more detail: This is version two of the license. The OpenStreetMap
Foundation License Working Group looked at the original version [1] and
felt that it was compatible with incorporating data into the
OpenStreetMap geodata database provided that attribution provisions are
complied with as above. I have now carefully compared the two and see
nothing that makes me change that opinion ... it would be good if
another pair of eyes did the same as a double-check. If anything it is
slightly less restrictive with the removal of some wording about Data
Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC
Directive) Regulations 2003.
Please note that these are layman's opinions. I am not a lawyer and
neither I nor the LWG can offer any formal legal opinion.
Mike
Michael Collinson
[1]
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/1/
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