On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:20 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 September 2010 08:15, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: >> It will take forever if you never start the discussion. ;-) > > I was under the impression the LWG was already talking to Nearmap,
Sure. Aren't there AU gov't sources that would be nice to have permission to use? > however I don't have a problem with the current license, so I don't > see a point in wasting it to further the agenda of commercial > entities... This bogeyman again? Which commercial entities? What agenda? Moving to and Open Data License from an Open Creative Content License is the right thing to do for an Open Data Project. Using CT to make adapting to the future easier for the future OSM community is the right thing to do for our future selves. >> That will vary by publisher. The permission from the Canadian >> government took a couple of days but others might be faster. > > I'm suspicious that the data is going to be compatible with the CTs, > but of course these little details are swept under the rug... Nope. Explicit permission to contribute to OSM with CTs. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/2010-August/003292.html _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

