Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-09 Thread Ben Last
On 7 January 2011 21:56, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: In the case of Nearmap, it is my understanding, Ben might like to comment or contradict, that level 1 is livable with. The real concern being the possible that future OSM generations might want to drop share-alike. It's indeed

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-09 Thread Richard Fairhurst
davespod wrote: If we assume that the reading of ODBL in the LWG minutes is correct, then ODBL would not require attribution of OSM's sources in produced works (e.g., maps), rather only attribution of the OSM database. I'm restating what I said in

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-08 Thread Ed Avis
Richard Fairhurst rich...@... writes: [OS OpenData licence] But that isn't a problem now. Version 1.2.3 of the Contributor Terms state Does that mean it's still incompatible with version 1.0 of the contributor terms? -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-08 Thread davespod
Richard wrote: For those who are similarly humourously challenged may I point out that I have checked and no, the OS OpenData licence does not refer to pubic sector information. [...] Oops! It may read as a sense of humour failure, but it was actually a literacy failure. Maybe, therefore,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-08 Thread John Smith
On 8 January 2011 20:37, davespod osmli...@dellams.fastmail.fm wrote: If we assume that the reading of ODBL in the LWG minutes is correct, then ODBL would not require attribution of OSM's sources in produced works (e.g., maps), rather only attribution of the OSM database.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-07 Thread Mike Collinson
At 08:36 PM 6/01/2011, John Smith wrote: On 7 January 2011 05:25, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: Nope. Clause 4 survives any license changes in the future, it is nothing to do with the end user license: 4. At Your or the copyright owner’s holder’s option, OSMF agrees to attribute You

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-07 Thread John Smith
On 7 January 2011 23:56, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: requirement. Since the Australian government, virtually alone, publishes I was under the assumption that the NZ govt, if not many others, published data under the same/similar license.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-07 Thread Mike Collinson
At 02:20 PM 7/01/2011, John Smith wrote: On 7 January 2011 23:56, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: requirement. Since the Australian government, virtually alone, publishes I was under the assumption that the NZ govt, if not many others, published data under the same/similar license.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 January 2011 01:33, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: The practice appears limited to Australia and New Zealand. The last figures I compiled for OSM data imports are: From what I've been told privately by people on the inside is that they're not happy that they've been encouraged to

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Mike Collinson wrote: Thanks, David. Bother. Either it refers only to Royal Mail-tainted Code-Point data as immediately above the text or the OS are pulling a fast one by re-writing the OGL ... making it effectively their old problematic license. Assuming the latter we'll need to lobby.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 January 2011 03:12, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Version 1.2.3 of the Contributor Terms state You are indicating that, as far as You know, You have the right to authorize OSMF to use and distribute those Contents under our _current_ licence terms (my emphasis). They also

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread Richard Fairhurst
John Smith wrote: Erm doesn't that invalidate the flexibility or relicense in future people keep going on about? I think Mike already answered that one at http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2011-January/005716.html . cheers Richard -- View this message in context:

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread Richard Fairhurst
davespod wrote: Richard wrote: Mike Collinson wrote It incorporates the Open Government License for pubic sector information I sincerely hope it doesn't say that! I'm afraid it does. For those who are similarly humourously challenged may I point out that I have checked and no, the OS

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-07 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz To: Licensing and other legal discussions. legal-t...@openstreetmap.org Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread Mike Collinson
At 02:47 PM 7/01/2011, David Groom wrote: - Original Message - From: Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz In the case of the UK OS, there is a switch from a potential requirement for level 4 attribution to a clear requirement for level 1, so the Open Government Licence is definitely good news

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 January 2011 02:04, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: Assuming the latter we'll need to lobby. Or alter the CTs, that way we will be able to use data from a lot of other sources as well... As I said before a lot of AU govt data is only being shared reluctantly and without being able to

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 January 2011 03:49, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: John Smith wrote: Erm doesn't that invalidate the flexibility or relicense in future people keep going on about? I think Mike already answered that one at

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz To: Licensing and other legal discussions. legal-t...@openstreetmap.org Cc: talk...@openstreetmap.org Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread davespod
Richard wrote: Mike Collinson wrote It incorporates the Open Government License for pubic sector information I sincerely hope it doesn't say that! I'm afraid it does. So, the question is does the modification of the terms invalidate the part of the OGL guaranteeing ODC-by compatibility?

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence

2011-01-07 Thread Mike Collinson
At 02:47 PM 7/01/2011, David Groom wrote: - Original Message - From: Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz In the case of the UK OS, there is a switch from a potential requirement for level 4 attribution to a clear requirement for level 1, so the Open Government Licence is definitely good news

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-06 Thread Mike Collinson
At 03:32 PM 6/01/2011, John Smith wrote: On 7 January 2011 00:45, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: Clause 4 of the new CTs may cover us completely, [it was designed for governmental organisations] and I have updated IMHO, section 4 is useless unless there is some kind of clause stating

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-06 Thread Mike Collinson
Nope. Clause 4 survives any license changes in the future, it is nothing to do with the end user license: 4. At Your or the copyright owner’s holder’s option, OSMF agrees to attribute You or the copyright owner holder. A mechanism will be provided, currently a web page

[OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-06 Thread Mike Collinson
Thanks Tom, this is excellent news and what the License Working Group was hoping would happen. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/open-government-licence.htmhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/open-government-licence.htm

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-06 Thread John Smith
On 7 January 2011 00:45, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: Clause 4 of the new CTs may cover us completely, [it was designed for governmental organisations] and I have updated IMHO, section 4 is useless unless there is some kind of clause stating what will happen if the license changes in

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-06 Thread Peter Miller
On 6 January 2011 14:45, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: Thanks Tom, this is excellent news and what the License Working Group was hoping would happen. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/open-government-licence.htm

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK mapping authority switches to Open Government Licence (was: CTs and the 1 April deadline)

2011-01-06 Thread John Smith
Which clause 3 contradicts On 1/7/11, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: At 03:32 PM 6/01/2011, John Smith wrote: On 7 January 2011 00:45, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: Clause 4 of the new CTs may cover us completely, [it was designed for governmental organisations] and I have