Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-24 Thread Andrew Harvey
I've just sent an enquiry to the AGIMO asking if this is true because the LWG has given no proof. Just like others I would like to know if the AGIMO has the authority to do a blanket license grant on other agencies data, or if they have actually received this special permission from each agency

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-24 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
Okay seriously guys, no matter how much you hate LWG/OSMF, don't take this out on AGIMO or the state governments. Grant's opening post to this thread has been circulated widely by AGIMO staff today, it's not a hoax and obviously by announcing it publicly, not behind closed doors! Under the new IP

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-24 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: Okay seriously guys, no matter how much you hate LWG/OSMF, don't take this out on AGIMO or the state governments. Grant's opening post to this thread has been circulated widely by AGIMO staff today, it's not a

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-24 Thread Christopher Barham
On 24/09/2011, at 12:10 AM, Grant Slater wrote: The Licensing Working Group has obtained explicit special permission to incorporate geographic datasets from data.gov.au in the OpenStreetMap project database published under any free and open license, including ODbL SNIP This is great news!

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-24 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 24 September 2011 00:10, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: The Licensing Working Group has obtained explicit special permission to incorporate geographic datasets from data.gov.au in the OpenStreetMap project database published under any free and open license, including ODbL,