Sigh. We really need a blanket policy of PD for government publications
in AU.
On 22/11/12 16:52, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Mike from TMR got in touch with me this morning reversing his
> statement about using tourist route information on local council
> maps, see below. I haven't used them to add anything to OSM anyway.
> "Hi Wil,
>
> Unfortunately your posting on Open Street Map has caused me some grief!
>
> It seems I was not correct in thinking that the maps I provided as
> reference material in PDF form can be freely used. Those on my GIS
> section with a greater understanding of copyright matters have
> decreed that copyright does actually exists over this information
> and therefore it cannot be made available to Open Street Maps.
>
> <name>, one of my GIS associates, can provide more information on
> copyright matters pertaining to this data if you wish to discuss
> possibilities but it seems likely that it will not be possible to
> use this data in the way you envisaged in the short term at least.
> You can reach <name> on <number>.
>
> My apologies for the confusion, but would you please update your
> posting to withdraw the expectation that the route marking
> information I provided can be made available to Open Street Map
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mike"
Just to clarify, I am the <name> that was redacted. :-)
Cheers,
Nick
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