Or else all those small players will have to go Underground as happens in oppressive regimes.
On Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 9:37:30 PM UTC+5:30, Gagan Bansal wrote: > > On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:06:40 PM UTC+5:30, Dilip Damle wrote: > > HI, > > > > I was shocked to see this news today. > > > > > http://www.businessinsider.in/PoK-and-Arunachal-as-disputed-territories/articleshow/52129850.cms > > > > > > > > > > > A part from the news > > > > "To add to this, the Geospatial Information Regulation Bill would soon > be brought to tables, and any person or institution acquiring and > disseminating any geospatial imagery or data of any part of India through > space or aerial platforms will be required to first seek permission and > license from a government authority." > > > > A so a large part of what we are doing here will become Illegal > > > > > > > > > > > > Rgards > > Dilip Damle > > Hi, > > Here are my observations: > # I feel if this bill is passed in partial/modified or full, not at all > good for small companies/startup that are working on open source map > data/OSM or creating geospatial data in some form. as big companies > (International mapping companies or utility/telecom companies) can easily > set up a division to liaison with licensing authority on monthly basis or > as per requirement. But for small companies this would not be possible. So > in any form of licensing is problematic. > > # Another major point, In India most of the geospatial companies are > service companies which are working for government agencies. So data > ownership for such services would be with govt. agencies hence licensing > policy is not applicable here and would not affect these companies. Most > likely all research/educational institutions would not be included in > licensing policy. So very small segment of industry is affected. To raise > the voice there are very few people if we compare this bill with net > neutrality bill. > > So tackling the problem is not very simple. > > We should put this issue that this bill is against "Digital India" and > "Make in India" objective and I feel its truly against these. > > Regards, > Gagan -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
