[Talk-ca] Is Mississauga Data licence compatible with OSM?

2012-01-06 Thread Greg Smith
I was in the process of adding some data, and had a discussion with another mapper about whether the license provided by Mississauga Data ( http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/mississaugadata) is compatible with the OSM licence. Their licence, available in the site's terms of use

Re: [Talk-ca] Is Mississauga Data licence compatible with OSM?

2012-01-06 Thread john whelan
Remember that you are giving OSM authority to re-license the data in OSM in the future and that OSM is explictly seeking to protect and copyright the data in the database with the new .ODBL license. I don't think you have the authority to bind OSM to the terms of use especially the word revocable

Re: [Talk-ca] Is Mississauga Data licence compatible with OSM?

2012-01-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Greg Smith greg.smi...@gmail.com wrote: I was in the process of adding some data, and had a discussion with another mapper about whether the license provided by Mississauga Data (http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/mississaugadata) is compatible with the

Re: [Talk-ca] Is Mississauga Data licence compatible with OSM?

2012-01-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Greg Smith greg.smi...@gmail.com wrote: I was in the process of adding some data, And! Where are my manners? Welcome to the OpenStreetMap community. We do, indeed, welcome you and need you mapping in Mississauga and other places that are important to you. There