On Jun 1, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
Doesn't the USGS already release a ton of data in the public domain?
I also thought an organization interested in standards for geospatial
data might be interested in geospatial data licensing. They seem like
parallel tracks.
OSGeo, OGC, GSDI, and probably other organizations all present
different views into dealing with data. Aligning with any of these has
its pluses and minuses. I think it boils down to where the inertia is.
If there seems to be a current lack of intensity, then one
interpretation is that there hasn't been enough critical mass in any
one place to achieve the intensity. Depending on the organization,
some of the energy put into moving the topic forward may have to be
used to counter other interests within that organization. Thus, one
approach is to assess where to best apply positive energy without
having to counter lots of resistance. Maybe that place is within
Science Commons itself.
Allan
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On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Landon Blake <[email protected]>
wrote:
How about OGC support for the Science Commons work on a "public
domain"
or "creative commons" type license for geospatial data.
That's not going to happen. OGC has many national mapping agencies as
members and USGS and OS are never going to allow this. Plus it isn't
any of the OGC's business as to what sort of licenses are used on
data.
Ian
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