Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread Andrew Laughton
Ian wrote . but OSM was largely formed because of government restrictions over the use of its data (i.e OS copyright), . This is news to me, but if for some reason this is true, can someone please explain to me why, after convincing the Australian government to release data under a

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread David Murn
On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 15:31 +1000, Ian Sergeant wrote: This is the Australian list, in case you didn't realise Ah, so you are speaking for all Australians! Well, I have yet to hear any Australians complain about the freedom of the data, other than being incompatible with the new

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 4/05/2011 5:18 PM, David Murn wrote: Well, I have yet to hear any Australians complain about the freedom of the data, other than being incompatible with the new one-of-a-kind licence that OSM is wanting to use. I'm not objecting to freedom of data. The comment I objected to is the one that

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread Tim Challis
On 04/05/11 15:31, Ian Sergeant wrote: Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: Just remind yourselves that if CC-by and CC-by-SA are good enough for our government, they are good enough for us... I wrote: Who is us, in this case? Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: This is the

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread Tim Challis
On 04/05/11 15:31, Ian Sergeant wrote: Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: Just remind yourselves that if CC-by and CC-by-SA are good enough for our government, they are good enough for us... I wrote: Who is us, in this case? Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: This is the

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread John Smith
It's such a shame that your high regard for diverse opinions only seem to matter if they match yours. On 5/4/11, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 May 2011 20:40, Tim Challis tim.chal...@gmail.com wrote: Sarcasm aside. I am quite happy to go along with Liz' pronunciations to date.

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread David Murn
On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 20:29 +1000, Ian Sergeant wrote: I'm not objecting to freedom of data. The comment I objected to is the one that said if it is good enough for the Australian government, then it must be good enough for all Australians, with no need to examine it further. That may be

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Wed, 4 May 2011 20:29:22 +1000 Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/05/2011 5:18 PM, David Murn wrote: Well, I have yet to hear any Australians complain about the freedom of the data, other than being incompatible with the new one-of-a-kind licence that OSM is wanting to use.

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-04 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 4 May 2011 21:29, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: It doesnt have to match the opinion of all Australians, as long as it matches the opinions of those who matter and would be deciding on these things (copyright lawyers, judges, etc). We seem to have drifted. Of course ultimately

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-03 Thread Grant Slater
On 27 April 2011 05:42, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: Wait, why did the Australian government stop using CC-by-SA and move to CC-by? I actually wasn't aware of this, maybe because CC-by-SA adds

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-03 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Tue, 3 May 2011 18:28:09 +0100 Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: On 27 April 2011 05:42, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: Wait, why did the Australian government stop using

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-03 Thread edodd
On 4 May 2011 06:49, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: Just remind yourselves that if CC-by and CC-by-SA are good enough for our government, they are good enough for us... Who is us, in this case? This is the Australian list, in case you didn't realise

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-03 Thread Ian Sergeant
Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: Just remind yourselves that if CC-by and CC-by-SA are good enough for our government, they are good enough for us... I wrote: Who is us, in this case? Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: This is the Australian list, in case you didn't realise

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-05-01 Thread Mike Dupont
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: The LWG is well aware of the NearMap licensing issue and we are trying to get it resolved as soon as we can but we are an all

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-27 Thread John Smith
On 27 April 2011 14:42, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: *sarcasm* But it all doesn't matter anyway, John Smith has degreed that all Australian geodata is PD anyway. See: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2011-April/007829.html A lot of people do take this issue

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-27 Thread Tim Challis
On 27/04/11 16:27, John Smith wrote: On 27 April 2011 14:42, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: *sarcasm* But it all doesn't matter anyway, John Smith has degreed that all Australian geodata is PD anyway. See: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2011-April/007829.html

[talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-26 Thread Grant Slater
Hi Talk-au, I am a volunteer member (like all the members) of the Licensing Working Group (LWG), OSM Sysadmin Team along with a few other OpenStreetMap groups. The LWG is well aware of the NearMap licensing issue and we are trying to get it resolved as soon as we can but we are an all volunteer

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-26 Thread David Murn
On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 15:17 +0100, Grant Slater wrote: I am a volunteer member (like all the members) of the Licensing Working Group (LWG), OSM Sysadmin Team along with a few other OpenStreetMap groups. Does this mean we can ask (and receive definitive answers from) you the hard questions

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-26 Thread Ben Kelley
Hi. On 27 April 2011 00:56, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 15:17 +0100, Grant Slater wrote: Unfortunately there are some very vocal (anonymous) members of the Australian community who seem intent on creating a virtual Us vs Them conflict in the community

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-26 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:17:33 +0100 Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: Unfortunately there are some very vocal (anonymous) members of the Australian community who seem intent on creating a virtual Us vs Them conflict in the community with exaggerated claims and mistruths. We

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-26 Thread Grant Slater
On 26 April 2011 22:06, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: Bluntly, CC-by-SA for geodata is fine here. It's good enough for our government, it's good enough for us. (Au government now is using CC-by for data). We believe in Share-Alike. Actually, we have been brought up to believe in

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-26 Thread John Smith
On 27 April 2011 07:06, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: Bluntly, CC-by-SA for geodata is fine here. It's good enough for our government, it's good enough for us. (Au government now is using CC-by for data). We believe in Share-Alike. Actually, we have been brought up to believe in

Re: [talk-au] Reassurance and Licensing

2011-04-26 Thread Tim Challis
On 27/04/11 07:06, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:17:33 +0100 Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: Unfortunately there are some very vocal (anonymous) members of the Australian community who seem intent on creating a virtual Us vs Them conflict in the community with