On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 at 21:02, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 at 18:05, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoni...@tutanota.com> > wrote: > >> See https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-data/ >> >> CC BY 4.0 requires waiver >> >> The additional text is confirmation that it is >> actually released under this licence >> and that personal confirmation is not required. >> > > Exactly. > > I reached out to Greg Payne, Director of Land and Spatial Information, > Topographic Data, Imagery and Mapping, DNRM in December 2018 (in case > anything had changed since my prior correspondence), the reply was: > > The Department’s position has not changed since your previous enquiry. >> >> Consistent with Queensland Government policy, our data is provided under >> a CC:BY 4.0 Licence. The department will not provide the data under an >> ODbl licence. It is our belief that a CC:BY licence is sufficient for use >> of our data and we do not accept that OpenStreetMap cannot use our data >> under the CC:BY licence. > > > So unfortunately we're in a stalemate, OSMF says we need a waiver, DNRME > says they don't believe we need one. So we can't currently use DNRME's CC > BY 4.0 open data within OpenStreetMap unless either OSMF or DNRME change > their stance. > > I'm not taking a stab at DNRME over this, they are free to no agree to the > waiver, it's their call. > Thanks both of you. Exactly the same position with my on-going discussions with Gold Coast City Council - they've given us explicit permission to use their data, but can't get their head around our need for a waiver as well? " unless ... OSMF ... change their stance" - any chance / likelihood of that happening? Thanks Graeme
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