I took to route numbers from the Mainroads web site & have used the VicRoads document for visual comparison against OSM, so the real copyright may be with the Mainroads web site (which I am still awaiting a response from the site author). Agree a GoogleDoc is another alternative if it gets ugly :) I notice you haven't made any changes to the page yet - what have(n't) you been doing :D
2010/1/4 Steve Bennett <[email protected]> > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Craig Feuerherdt < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Even though the route numbers were sourced from the VicRoads & Main Roads, >> I would argue that it is public knowledge in that it is written on signs all >> across the state. Just to be sure I have sent an email to the author of the >> Main Roads web site - surely he would have the same issue if the VicRoads >> data was copyrighted. >> Will post outcome once it is known. >> >> > The difference is whether the list was published by VicRoads in that form. > Even if the individual items in the list are not copyright, the list as a > whole can be. I'm pretty sure about this in Australian law. (But like I > said, I don't think it matters much. Even if VicRoads complained, I'd be > inclined to turn it into a GoogleDocs or something, shared just amongst us - > perfectly valid for personal research.) > > Steve >
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