> From: Stewart C. Russell [mailto:scr...@gmail.com] > Subject: [Talk-ca] Open Government Licence - Canada > > [I guess Bernie's original subject of ‘G8 leaders sign open data charter > of principles’ might've made this important announcement sink without > trace.] > > Bernie Connors wrote: > > > > Is there an official OSM opinion on the compatibility of the Open > > Government Licence and OpenStreetMap? Here is a link to the licence > > on the data.gc.ca website – > > > > http://www.data.gc.ca/eng/open-government-licence-canada > > It would be very helpful if it were deemed acceptable. The somewhat damp > few who made it out to the Toronto Mappy Hour last night discussed it, > but couldn't come up with anything official.
The good: It's very similar to the OGL, which is compatible. This should minimize the analysis. The bad: It's only somewhat similar, leading to yet another regional license to analyze. The ugly: They put terms specific to the federal government in the license and expect every city and province to modify the license. This is going to not work well. _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
