RE: [Geodata] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata
Thanks for that Link Michael. It will be useful. Landon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adair, Mike Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:38 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: RE: [Geodata] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata More from the Canadian perspective - the GeoConnections program policy group has produced a Best Practices Guide for licensing of geospatial data which might help to inform the debate: http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Best_practices_guide/Guide_to_Best_Practices_v12_finale_e.pdf It provides a good overview of the background issues and proposes 3 types of licences to standardize on: unrestricted-use with licence acknowledgement (click-through), an end-user licence and a distributor licence. Michael Adair GeoConnections Secretariat / Secrétariat de GéoConnexions 615 Booth St, 6th Floor / 615 rue Booth, 6e étage Ottawa, ON, K1A 0E9 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone / Téléphone: (613) 947-1342 Fax / Télécopieur: (613) 947-2410 www.geoconnections.org / www.geoconnexions.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Patton Sent: April 1, 2007 2:05 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [Geodata] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata Jason Birch wrote: I'm sure that most of you have seen this, but these two free data resources (provincial and federal Canadian governements) are both employing a form of copyleft: Kamloops (Canadian municipality) takes an interesting approach. Given the interest, maybe the 'OSGeo people' who are already involved could organize a BOF session, and also do some presentations. If there are 'local' resources such as Canadian municipal/provincial/federal managers(or perhaps even better, people from their legal departments) who could attend, then perhaps they could also participate in the BOF/presentations. Also, maybe there are lawyers who are local(e.g. Victoria or BC) any who have some interest or expertise who could attend - even if their perspective is based on Canadian law, it might still help illuminate the discussions. -- Dave Patton Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project http://www.confluence.org/ Personal website - Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ ___ 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 Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [Geodata] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata
More from the Canadian perspective - the GeoConnections program policy group has produced a Best Practices Guide for licensing of geospatial data which might help to inform the debate: http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Best_practices_guide/Guide_to_Best_Practices_v12_finale_e.pdf It provides a good overview of the background issues and proposes 3 types of licences to standardize on: unrestricted-use with licence acknowledgement (click-through), an end-user licence and a distributor licence. Michael Adair GeoConnections Secretariat / Secrétariat de GéoConnexions 615 Booth St, 6th Floor / 615 rue Booth, 6e étage Ottawa, ON, K1A 0E9 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone / Téléphone: (613) 947-1342 Fax / Télécopieur: (613) 947-2410 www.geoconnections.org / www.geoconnexions.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Patton Sent: April 1, 2007 2:05 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [Geodata] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata Jason Birch wrote: I'm sure that most of you have seen this, but these two free data resources (provincial and federal Canadian governements) are both employing a form of copyleft: Kamloops (Canadian municipality) takes an interesting approach. Given the interest, maybe the 'OSGeo people' who are already involved could organize a BOF session, and also do some presentations. If there are 'local' resources such as Canadian municipal/provincial/federal managers(or perhaps even better, people from their legal departments) who could attend, then perhaps they could also participate in the BOF/presentations. Also, maybe there are lawyers who are local(e.g. Victoria or BC) any who have some interest or expertise who could attend - even if their perspective is based on Canadian law, it might still help illuminate the discussions. -- Dave Patton Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project http://www.confluence.org/ Personal website - Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ ___ 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
Re: [Geodata] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata
Jason Birch wrote: I'm sure that most of you have seen this, but these two free data resources (provincial and federal Canadian governements) are both employing a form of copyleft: Kamloops (Canadian municipality) takes an interesting approach. Given the interest, maybe the 'OSGeo people' who are already involved could organize a BOF session, and also do some presentations. If there are 'local' resources such as Canadian municipal/provincial/federal managers(or perhaps even better, people from their legal departments) who could attend, then perhaps they could also participate in the BOF/presentations. Also, maybe there are lawyers who are local(e.g. Victoria or BC) any who have some interest or expertise who could attend - even if their perspective is based on Canadian law, it might still help illuminate the discussions. -- Dave Patton Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project http://www.confluence.org/ Personal website - Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Geodata] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata
On 3/30/07, Jason Birch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kamloops (Canadian municipality) takes an interesting approach. They have a click-through, but it's not asserting any rights, just disclaiming liability. Their GIS manager explained that they are essentially placing the data into public domain: I like the Kamloops language and may barrow a bit of it (assuming it's not copyrighted g). Below is a link to some language I wrote, and that has been out there for about 10 years. I am not suggesting that it is exemplary because I'm sure not a lawyer, but it has a unique clause requiring reciprocal data sharing by users. The county for which I wrote the statement requires surveyors and engineers to provide digital files (AutoCad, etc.) for new subdivisions and other developments. http://www2.tetonwyo.org/gis/download/default.asp Rich -- Richard Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.greenwoodmap.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
