On 2017-01-22 12:48 PM, James wrote: > > So why is this not considered the exact same as OGL-CA, which is > considered compatible with ODBL?
My understanding of why it's not the same: 1) The OGL-CA, due to a fault in its design, can only be used by the Canadian Federal Government. Contrast that with OGL-UK which is written as a general licence for any organization in the UK public sector to use. 2) The Ottawa licence has some differences, apart from the information provider in the definitions: - it's missing the introduction completely - in excluding personal information, it refers to the Ontario Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, rather than the federal Privacy Act. These laws have different scopes I'd tend to agree with Steve that if permission has been given by the City, then I can't see any other objection. Paul Norman may have to chime in with any remaining concerns. I would ask those who claim that we should accept this because the Federal government's lawyers and staff say we should: does the Federal government have the best interests of OSM as a continuing project at heart? One cannot rely on the opinion of other people's lawyers, because they have different goals. Stewart _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca