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

2011-11-16 Thread Michael Collinson
inflammatory. Does the gov.au Ok also cover the ABS data? As the ABS data is the only thing left stopping me accepting the new terms. Thanks Mark *From:* Michael Collinson [mailto:m...@ayeltd.biz] *Sent:* Wednesday, 16 November 2011 2:34 AM *To:* OSM Australian Talk List *Subject:* Re: [talk-au] ODbL

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

2011-11-16 Thread Michael Collinson
On 15/11/2011 22:38, Andrew Laughton wrote: Yahoo granted permission for us to trace from their imagery. yahoo imagery was available in josm and potlatch for quite some time. So I'd expect that your tracing of yahoo imagery is fine unless I misunderstand what you did. I knew

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

2011-11-15 Thread Michael Collinson
On 31/10/2011 17:51, 80n wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz mailto:m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: Could you please, for about the fifth time of asking, publish a verbatim copy the permission that you have received. If you have some

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

2011-11-15 Thread Andrew Laughton
I fail to see a contradiction. If you are not sure about something, you ask explicitly and get an explicit answer. That is what we got. That is what is written on the wiki with the kind assistance of data.gov.au. If it helps, me formally affirm and represent what I have said before: I have

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

2011-11-15 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Andrew Laughton wrote: Perhaps you could explain to us what happens if a third party takes OSM data, and publishes it without any attribution at all. Would they be in violation of the Open Database License ? Yes. The summary (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/) says:

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

2011-11-15 Thread Richard Fairhurst
[crosspost removed] 80n wrote: Most importantly it allows subsequent copies of the produced work to be made with no attribution. No, it doesn't. An attribution statement without a downstream requirement is not reasonably calculated. This has been gone over ad nauseam in legal-talk. Richard

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

2011-11-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Andrew Laughton laughton.and...@gmail.com wrote: This is different to what I thought is was. Could someone please remind me why Nearmap and Google maps do not want us to trace their aerial views ? That they don't want us to trace from their images is enough.

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

2011-11-15 Thread Michael Collinson
On 15/11/2011 11:58, 80n wrote: Can you please publish the verbatim correspondence that you have had with your man at data.gov.au http://data.gov.au? Your interpretation is fine, but others may see nuances that you have overlooked. The statement on the wiki is not a statement from

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

2011-11-15 Thread Andrew Laughton
Also if I agree to the new license, is there an easy way to delete all my Yahoo aerial tracing, or is this now allowed ? Why would you want to remove that data? I do not want to, but this is the reason I originally disagreed, because the derived data is not compatible with the open

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

2011-11-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Andrew Laughton laughton.and...@gmail.com wrote: Also if I agree to the new license, is there an easy way to delete all my Yahoo aerial tracing, or is this now allowed ? Why would you want to remove that data? I do not want to, but this is the reason I

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

2011-11-15 Thread Michael Collinson
On 15/11/2011 15:54, Andrew Laughton wrote: This is different to what I thought is was. Could someone please remind me why Nearmap and Google maps do not want us to trace their aerial views ? Google just don't allow it in their basic terms of service. We have asked them to allow us and the

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

2011-11-15 Thread Nilbog_aus_OSM
...@ayeltd.biz] Sent: Wednesday, 16 November 2011 2:34 AM To: OSM Australian Talk List Subject: Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted On 15/11/2011 11:58, 80n wrote: Can you please publish the verbatim correspondence that you have had with your man at data.gov.au? Your interpretation

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

2011-10-31 Thread Sam Couter
Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Dear Talk-au, The License Working Group have had further communication with data.au.gov to confirm their position on permitting data.au.gov data in OpenStreetMap. data.au.gov have reviewed the Australian section of the attribution page

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

2011-10-31 Thread waldo000...@gmail.com
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Sam Couter s...@couter.id.au wrote: Richard, is it possible to simply forward the communications you have from data.gov.au to this list, or otherwise make them publically available? That should put the matter to rest one way or another. +1. Surely forwarding

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

2011-10-31 Thread Chris Barham
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 19:51, waldo000...@gmail.com waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: +1. Surely forwarding the emails is less work for you anyway than transcribing parts of the emails (?!). Did you consider why forwarding the full emails might be less than wise? - I have, and will share my

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

2011-10-31 Thread waldo000...@gmail.com
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Chris Barham cbar...@pobox.com wrote: ... Making the licence negotiation details public could hand to those who do not have good intentions towards OSM, potential tools to try and damage the project. Wow. If this is true, then the situation is worse than I

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

2011-10-31 Thread Andrew Laughton
On 31 October 2011 20:12, Chris Barham cbar...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 19:51, waldo000...@gmail.com waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: +1. Surely forwarding the emails is less work for you anyway than transcribing parts of the emails (?!). Did you consider why forwarding the

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

2011-10-31 Thread John Smith
On 31 October 2011 14:44, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Are you suggesting that data.gov.au aren't aware of their own license terms or that they are acting outside of their terms?  What evidence to you provide to support your accusations? A non-trivial amount of data is listed as

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

2011-10-31 Thread Liz
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:44:13 -0400 Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: As we are trying to tell you, AGIMO, who owns the data.gov.au domain, does not grant any copyright permissions whatsoever. They are a place which

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

2011-10-31 Thread Liz
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:34:48 +1100 Sam Couter s...@couter.id.au wrote: Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Dear Talk-au, The License Working Group have had further communication with data.au.gov to confirm their position on permitting data.au.gov data in OpenStreetMap. data.au.gov

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

2011-10-31 Thread 80n
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:39 PM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: On 27 September 2011 12:09, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Andrew. I wonder if Grant received a similar answer but interpreted it in

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

2011-10-31 Thread 80n
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: [personal comments redacted] / Grant Grant You forgot to cc the lists. Could you please, for about the fifth time of asking, publish a verbatim copy the permission that you have received. If you have some

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

2011-10-31 Thread 80n
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Chris Barham cbar...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 19:51, waldo000...@gmail.com waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: +1. Surely forwarding the emails is less work for you anyway than transcribing parts of the emails (?!). Did you consider why

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

2011-10-31 Thread Michael Collinson
Could you please, for about the fifth time of asking, publish a verbatim copy the permission that you have received. If you have some reason that you can't then you need to explain yourself. 80n ?? A verbatim copy of the permission that we have received is here:

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

2011-10-31 Thread waldo000...@gmail.com
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: 1) I generally take yes to mean yes rather than looking for reasons why it should mean no. Just so you know, this kind of statement may be interpreted by some as go away, don't ask for details, I don't care if you have

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

2011-10-30 Thread John Smith
On 31 October 2011 12:30, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: I think that data.gov.au can be taken at their word and that they have a clear understanding of which rights they may or may not grant. They're a clearing house, nothing more, and don't own any of the content.

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

2011-10-30 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:19:56 -0400 Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution#Australian_government_public_information_datasets and responded as follows: That is terrific – thank you

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

2011-10-30 Thread John Smith
On 31 October 2011 13:10, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: And still, they'd know what they may and may not permit. You haven't dealt with government plebs much have you? They are one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious,

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

2011-10-30 Thread Liz
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:10:36 -0400 Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:19:56 -0400 Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:

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

2011-10-30 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: As we are trying to tell you, AGIMO, who owns the data.gov.au domain, does not grant any copyright permissions whatsoever. They are a place which consolidates data and makes it available, but the actual government department or

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

2011-09-27 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:48 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: Andrew, that's great that you've had a response from AGIMO. Yes it is, I made sure to thank them for this. Would it be possible for you to share a copy of their response with this group?  I've made a similar request to Grant about

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

2011-09-27 Thread Grant Slater
On 27 September 2011 12:09, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Andrew. I wonder if Grant received a similar answer but interpreted it in a different way.  Grant? Hi 80n, yes the responses will be forthcoming. We are waiting on some further clarifications. LWG also now only meet

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

2011-09-27 Thread Grant Slater
On 27 September 2011 11:22, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.com wrote: Below I quote the response from the data.gov.au team which I received: OpenStreetMap (OSM) are utilising datasets made available from data.gov.au under CC-BY 2.5 or CC-BY 3.0 only.  They are required to attribute the

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

2011-09-27 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: Andrew, could you share the text of the questions + examples asked? It has an impact on the 2nd paragraph of their response. My complete query which they replied to was: Hi, I see someone representing

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

2011-09-27 Thread 80n
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:48 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: Andrew, that's great that you've had a response from AGIMO. Yes it is, I made sure to thank them for this. Would it be possible for you to share a

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

2011-09-27 Thread 80n
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: On 27 September 2011 12:09, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Andrew. I wonder if Grant received a similar answer but interpreted it in a different way. Grant? Hi 80n, yes the responses will be

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

2011-09-26 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.com wrote: 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

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

2011-09-26 Thread John Smith
On 25 September 2011 15:58, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: Secondly, With the greatest respect to the user concerned, who has been a great contributor to OSM, I don't think we need necessarily respect his wishes. We need to look a bit more carefully at this area to see if anything

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

2011-09-26 Thread 80n
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: The Licensing Working Group has obtained explicit special permission Hi Grant, are you there? Can you please provide a link to this explict special permission that you've obtained? I'd particularly like to know

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

2011-09-26 Thread 80n
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.comwrote: Righto, I've got a response from the AGIMO. They have clarified that they have not granted any additional license to OSM. OSM can only use the data under the existing licenses (i.e. the existing CC licenses).

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

2011-09-25 Thread James Livingston
On 24 September 2011 00:10, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: * Queensland national parks, state forests and conservation areas That dataset was actually done as two imports by two different people. The first was being done by me, from about 18 month to 15 months ago - manually

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,

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

2011-09-23 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com 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

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

2011-09-23 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: The Licensing Working Group has obtained explicit special permission to incorporate geographic datasets from data.gov.au in the

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

2011-09-23 Thread 80n
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: The Licensing Working Group has obtained explicit special permission to incorporate geographic datasets from data.gov.au Grant Would you be kind enough to provide a link to this explicit special permission please?