Wait what? I don't think they'd trust OSM for its geodata databases, especially if everybody in the world who has an OSM account can edit it at will.
With regards, Svavar Kjarrval On 17/01/13 22:18, Johan C wrote: > Give them the suggestion to use Openstreetmap as their database, since > that's the cheapest platform for the Icelandic taxpayer, the uptime is > almost 100%, it's flexible, Icelandic citizens and government can > cooperate to get the best map possible, it's open and available to > anyone. > > Cheers, Johan > > 2013/1/17 Alex Barth <a...@mapbox.com <mailto:a...@mapbox.com>> > > Ugh. Like you're saying, this is clearly not a good "open" policy. > Does Iceland or any involved politicians have ambitions to join > the Open Government Partnership? This might be an angle. > > Maybe worthwhile to put in an official notice by the OSMF that > this law would hurt volunteer contributed geo data projects like OSM? > > Also, Pakistan comes to mind: > http://dawn.com/2012/11/21/pakistanis-lost-without-maps/ > > On Jan 17, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Svavar Kjarrval <sva...@kjarrval.is > <mailto:sva...@kjarrval.is>> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > There is a bill (in the meaning of 'proposed law') in the Icelandic > > parliament regarding nature protection that worries me. The bill > states > > that the National Land Survey of Iceland is supposed to create a > > database of roads and road tracks and it should be free (as in > cost) and > > "available" (nothing prevents terms being set for distribution). > That's > > not what worries me since free (as in freedom) data is excellent. > > > > It further states that all maps distributed in Iceland have to > conform > > to the database mentioned above, or The Environment Agency of > Iceland > > can invoke daily fines on whoever distributes a database that > doesn't > > conform to this standard. This requirement is put on everybody, > not just > > those who get a copy of said database. By definition, it's > impossible to > > ensure that the OSM database conforms to this standard at all times > > since the database can always be freely downloaded and edited. > It could > > also restrict people in Iceland that would like to legally > distribute > > OSM maps and data since they'd have a hard time being sure that the > > requirement is fulfilled in their copy of the database. > > > > The bill is under review by a parliamentary committee and I'd > like to > > send it a review under my name. I would like some pointers of what I > > should mention in the review to convince them to drop that > requirement. > > If you'd like, I could provide a rough translation of the > corresponding > > article in the bill. > > > > With regards, > > Svavar Kjarrval > > > > _______________________________________________ > > legal-talk mailing list > > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org <mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org> > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > > Alex Barth > http://twitter.com/lxbarth > tel (+1) 202 250 3633 <tel:%28%2B1%29%20202%20250%203633> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org <mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
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