Re: [talk-au] Nearmap

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 7 April 2011 15:58, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 April 2011 12:57, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: If the Australian issue is so important, as others have suggested why isnt OSMF seeking to make a rapid agreement with NearMap as was done with Bing? This really

Re: [talk-au] Nearmap

2011-04-07 Thread Grant Slater
On 7 April 2011 06:58, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 April 2011 12:57, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: If the Australian issue is so important, as others have suggested why isnt OSMF seeking to make a rapid agreement with NearMap as was done with Bing? This really

Re: [talk-au] Nearmap

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 08:19:39 +0100 Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: On 7 April 2011 06:58, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 April 2011 12:57, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: If the Australian issue is so important, as others have suggested why isnt

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OpenStreetMap] OpenStreetMap is changing the licence

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:48:55 +1000 Leon Kernan lker...@gmail.com wrote: More importantly is it a official OSMF or semi-official LWG email, or just some pro-ODbL people spamming everyone? Pretty sure it's the last one. I received it a few weeks back, even through i'd put a note on

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:53:02 +1000 Leon Kernan lker...@gmail.com wrote: Supposedly it sends you to this flippant page if you decline the CT: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributor_Terms_Declined I think the lolcat picture on that page tells us exactly what they think of

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 04:47:39 -0700 (PDT) All Blokes speed_13...@yahoo.com.au wrote: I was very keen and learning ...had done a few edits not many but I was planning on getting right into it. I don't agree with the new licensing and have just been sitting on the side reading.

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 7 April 2011 21:07, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: I don't see a lolcat on that page, was it on another page? Certainly the lolcat on the front page of the osm wiki makes me wonder about the IQ of the page writers Looks like Grant has removed it from the current version of the

[talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Ashley Kyd
Hi all, Just trying to do a bit of research to catch up on the issues but found the wiki a bit unhelpful. I've started categorising data sources by licensehttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Creative_Commons_Licenses. If you have a spare moment or two and know of any I've missed, please

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Grant Slater
On 7 April 2011 13:12, Ashley Kyd a...@kyd.com.au wrote: Hi all, Just trying to do a bit of research to catch up on the issues but found the wiki a bit unhelpful. I've started categorising data sources by license. If you have a spare moment or two and know of any I've missed, please pop by

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-07 Thread Grant Slater
On 7 April 2011 12:07, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: I don't see a lolcat on that page, was it on another page? Certainly the lolcat on the front page of the osm wiki makes me wonder about the IQ of the page writers I removed the lolcat from the decline page + translations... It

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Ashley Kyd a...@kyd.com.au wrote: Hi all, Just trying to do a bit of research to catch up on the issues but found the wiki a bit unhelpful. I've started categorising data sources by license. If you have a spare moment or two and know of any I've missed, please

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 22:12 +1000, Ashley Kyd wrote: Hi all, Just trying to do a bit of research to catch up on the issues but found the wiki a bit unhelpful. I've started categorising data sources by license. If you have a spare moment or two and know of any I've missed, please pop by and

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:51 PM, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 22:12 +1000, Ashley Kyd wrote: Hi all, Just trying to do a bit of research to catch up on the issues but found the wiki a bit unhelpful. I've started categorising data sources by license. If you

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread Michael Hampson
On 7/04/2011 9:10 PM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 04:47:39 -0700 (PDT) All Blokesspeed_13...@yahoo.com.au wrote: I was very keen and learning ...had done a few edits not many but I was planning on getting right into it. I don't agree with the new licensing and have just

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Grant Slater
On 7 April 2011 13:51, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 22:12 +1000, Ashley Kyd wrote: Hi all, Just trying to do a bit of research to catch up on the issues but found the wiki a bit unhelpful. I've started categorising data sources by license. If you have a

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 7 April 2011 23:03, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: I contacted the nowwhere.com.au/MapData-Sciences who are managers of the BP and Shell data in October 2010... Their reply: It is the property of BP and is intended as a service for personal use only. (and Shell for the

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread {withheld}
On 08/04/11 05:47, John Henderson wrote: On 07/04/11 21:10, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: It's sad that this is happening A vibrant aussie community has gone down the drain within the last 12 months. I have spent 3 1/2 years (nearly) adding big tracts of eastern australia to the osm map, and now

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread John Henderson
On 08/04/11 06:25, {withheld} wrote: Whilst I agree / commiserate with your basic point (been there; done that; spent the fuel), don't you still have the raw traces from your device? I certainly do, and consider at no point have I ever given up my rights to them. I couldn't see any point in

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread {withheld}
On 08/04/11 06:37, John Henderson wrote: On 08/04/11 06:25, {withheld} wrote: Whilst I agree / commiserate with your basic point (been there; done that; spent the fuel), don't you still have the raw traces from your device? I certainly do, and consider at no point have I ever given up my

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 23:27 +1000, John Smith wrote: On 7 April 2011 23:03, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: I contacted the nowwhere.com.au/MapData-Sciences who are managers of the BP and Shell data in October 2010... ... Also the locations have been fixed for numerous

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:30:29 +1000 {withheld} pheasant.cou...@gmail.com wrote: Whilst I agree / commiserate with your basic point (been there; done that; spent the fuel), don't you still have the raw traces from your device? I certainly do, and consider at no point have I ever given up my

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 23:27:57 +1000 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: Also the locations have been fixed for numerous locations so if you ever get in contact with anyone please let them know about OSM having more accurate data than they offer, I think 30km out is still the worst case.

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 7 April 2011 23:03, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: Their reply: It is the property of BP and is intended as a service for personal use only. (and Shell for the Shell data I assume) On 7 April 2011 23:27, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: Except the data was a

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread John Henderson
On 08/04/11 07:30, {withheld} wrote: VNT-2: You didn't upload the traces to OSM, and thus have the capability to legitimately download them again; do you? Worth checking: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/your-OSM-id/traces. Unfortunately no. The few traces I've uploaded have been the pure

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 8 April 2011 05:47, John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote: It wouldn't be nearly so bad if we could simply agree to the new terms for objects outside Nearmap coverage (and for future contributions), but have our contaminated work removed. Well our first priority should be to try and get an

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors ...

2011-04-07 Thread Ben Last
To be clear; we're not refusing anything - our licence has remained the same since we launched, and we haven't changed it. The new OSM CTs are incompatible with it. Regards Ben On 7 April 2011 08:14, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 April 2011 10:06, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 April 2011 09:28, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: If the data owner doesn't grant permission under an acceptable licence then we shouldn't relying on one interpretation of very recent Australian case. Especially since there are other areas of law that may come into play here.

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 April 2011 07:30, {withheld} pheasant.cou...@gmail.com wrote: Very naughty thought. I wonder what the reaction would be to a simple, formal request to OSMF to re-grant you your rights to OSM data along the same alignments on the basis OSM is backing up an effective copy of your lost data?

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-dev] To OSM editor authors

2011-04-07 Thread {withheld}
On 08/04/11 10:46, John Smith wrote: On 8 April 2011 07:30, {withheld} pheasant.cou...@gmail.com wrote: Very naughty thought. I wonder what the reaction would be to a simple, formal request to OSMF to re-grant you your rights to OSM data along the same alignments on the basis OSM is backing up

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:40:15 +1000 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 April 2011 09:28, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: If the data owner doesn't grant permission under an acceptable licence then we shouldn't relying on one interpretation of very recent Australian

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 8 April 2011 12:27, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: The Court system has affirmed the original decision. Copyright (Au) depends on thinking about the input, and cannot be derived from machine generated data. The priority is to keep OSM unencumbered, and accordingly in all cases I'm

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 April 2011 13:41, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: With respect, if we are going to do down the path of using data We are going down that path with the new CTs and to a lesser extent ODBL, people haven't been informed well enough about the implications of accepting the new CTs and

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 8 April 2011 13:46, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: In this case it's pretty straight forward and matches the legal rulings almost identically, computer generated lists aren't covered by copyright any more, you have to put thought into building such a list for it to be covered.

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread {withheld}
On 08/04/11 13:46, John Smith wrote: On 8 April 2011 13:41, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: against the owner's wishes using the law as a shield, I'd want to see a pretty solid legal opinion covering all aspects of the data use, not just copyright, as each case will depend on its own

Re: [talk-au] Wiki + Data Sources + Licensing Categories

2011-04-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 April 2011 14:23, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: If you are talking about Sensis, than that is still a Federal Court judgement, which I believe Sensis are seeking leave to appeal to the High Court, and the results will be very interesting to see. I hope the High Court takes the