Happy OpenDataDay everyone...
Want to say thank you to our all colleagues in The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) at Reading who are running the #OpenDataHack @ECMWF - Beyond weather: explore creative uses of open data ECMWF this weekend. I have great memories of my visit last year for the first hackathon on a Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) [1] that they organised. Great work Julia and everyone. Best wishes, Suchith [1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/02/flood-awareness-education-platform/ ________________________________________ From: Discuss <[email protected]> on behalf of Jeff McKenna <[email protected]> Sent: 04 March 2017 6:07 AM To: osgeo Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Happy #OpenDataDay As 4 March is OpenDataDay, some good news to share from Canada... -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing with Statistics Canada (Ottawa ODL 2.0 is go!) I just got access to the OSMF LWG draft minutes from yesterday, and I have good news: Ottawa ODL 2.0 data /can/ be included in the OSM database. The minutes link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KyTLbQWSmo1rdoppqlFGTB3by-qVAzjLo_LPml3Ri9Y/edit - is still draft so may not be generally readable, so I've included the text in full below: *5. Statement on Ottawa Open Data Licence Version 2.0 compatibility* Approval of the following statement: --- The LWG has been asked to determine the compatibility of Ottawa Open Data, Licence Version 2.0 (Ottawa ODL 2.0) with the ODbL 2.0 in conjunction with importing so licensed data. The text of the Ottawa ODL 2.0 can be found here<http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0>_http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0_ The Ottawa ODL 2.0 is a localised version of the OGL Canada<http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada>_http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada_which in turn is loosly based on the UK OGL. The changes relative to the OGL Canada due to localisation are the licensor (the City of Ottawa) and reference to the definition of "personal information" as defined in the "Ontario Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act", The LWG has determined * that the attribution requirements of the Ottawa ODL 2.0 can be met by adding the required text to the wiki contributor page and corresponding changeset source attribute values, and that there is no downstream attribution requirement, * that we are not using "Personal Information" as defined in the licence and referenced legislation, and that so licensed material can be included in the OpenStreetMap dataset and distributed on ODbL 1.0 terms. In the past the local variants of the OGL Canada have varied widely and have in some cases included additional terms that have made them incompatible with the ODbL and in some instances non-open. For this reason we are not making a blanket statement on other such localised versions of the OGL at this point in time and will continue to review them on a case by case base. --- Approved with 4 yes, 1 abstain. I've also updated the wiki page. Have a great weekend! Stewart _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.
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