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 (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 (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 (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