Hi Bjenk -
> I am not sure why there is confusion about Ottawa's ODL and it's
> equivalence to OGL because the information is public but here it is to
> clarify:
>
> "The Open Data License is based on version 2.0 of the “Open Government
> Licence – Canada” which was developed through public consu
It's to do with the way government works and is structured. What you have
is an official interpretation which carries weight. Quite a lot of weight.
Essentially both Canada and the UK are run by acts of parliament. However
these are normally interpreted by civil servants to keep things running
Well then that would mean we couldnt use any goverment licensed data as it
would be an "interpretation" of a license and not made law in a house of
commons/other law making place, which is unreasonable to expect. If lawyers
are consulted to judge compatibility with the license they chose to release
I am not sure why there is confusion about Ottawa's ODL and it's equivalence to
OGL because the information is public but here it is to clarify:
"The Open Data License is based on version 2.0 of the “Open Government Licence
– Canada” which was developed through public consultation and consultati
On 1/21/2017 4:34 PM, john whelan wrote:
What you have is an interpretation of the Federal Government license.
From my background in the civil service my understanding is for a
statement it would have to be over a minister's signature or by act of
parliament. No one else has the authority unl
What you have is an interpretation of the Federal Government license. From
my background in the civil service my understanding is for a statement it
would have to be over a minister's signature or by act of parliament. No
one else has the authority unless it is delegated.
Cheerio John
On 21 Jan
On 1/21/2017 3:48 PM, James wrote:
It is, the thing they changed was federal references to municipal
ones. Which is why i'm confused the license is "not compatible"
We have a statement from the Federal government for their data under
their license. The Federal government cannot make a statem
It is, the thing they changed was federal references to municipal ones.
Which is why i'm confused the license is "not compatible"
On Jan 21, 2017 6:42 PM, "john whelan" wrote:
> >I kept it generic, not specifying a particular dataset. That way we'll
> have a final answer one way or the other and
>I kept it generic, not specifying a particular dataset. That way we'll
have a final answer one way or the other and won't have to go back to them
all the time.
My understanding is the City of Ottawa one is based on the Federal
Government one.
Cheerio John
On 21 January 2017 at 18:11, Paul Norma
On 1/20/2017 5:33 PM, john whelan wrote:
Did you include permission for the bus stops as well? They are from
the same source and the same licence. I think I might have included
one pitch sport soccer. The pitch was mapped but the sport soccer was
I must confess taken from their open data sour
On 1/20/2017 6:00 PM, James wrote:
Is OGL-CA not compatible with osm?
The license isn't OGL-CA. OGL-CA is the license from the Federal
government, while the City of Ottawa uses the ODL. In the case of OGL-CA
data it's compatible because they gave a statement on compatibility.
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A couple of things to consider and what follows is in my name and I do not
speak for StatCan:
Open Data is the way Governments are going to release data to be used by the
public freely. Many are working hard through consultations to further these
initiatives precisely because they are the sol
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