Hi Jo, I am +1 on supporting this initiative.
Thanks to Schuyler for waking us up! Best regards, Bart On Feb 22, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Jo Walsh wrote: > dear a...@osgeo, > > In sending this mail I'm following the protocol for letters of support coming > from OSGeo: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Protocol_for_requesting_letter_of_support > > As you may have heard, there's a public consultation running in the UK > on options for open licensing national mapping data maintained by > Ordnance Survey. > > There's been some discussion on the OSGeo-UK list and the Open Knowledge > Foundation discuss list about a shared response to the consultation. > > Here's the basically final draft - wording could change a little. > http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATJnv_t9ROmXZGN0Yjk3ampfMjBmM2ZqZnpkMg&hl=en > > The consultation outlines 3 options: 1) is Do Nothing, 2) is Open > Everything, 3) is "staged release" of some products including postcode > geolocations (critical in the UK as a postal code is typically less than a > city block in size) and adminstrative boundaries. > > The response sets the case for a modified Option 2, all raw vector data. > > Deadline for the response is March 17th, but it would be great to > publish it within the next week, so it can be circulated and perhaps > have a chance of influencing others' responses. > > This would be a shared response with the Open Knowledge Foundation. > > [[During a period of 3 days (72 hours) the OSGeo community will have an > opportunity to respond with comments indicating why OSGeo should or should > not explicitly support the project. If more information is required that > should be stated during this review period.]] > > Still accepting edits, but don't plan to change the intent of the doc. > > be well all, > > > jo > -- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
