Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData Licence update (WAS: Finding Unmapped public rights of way)

2013-07-30 Thread osm
Robert, On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:57:13 +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com wrote: ... OSM takes a conservative line on copyright and licensing issues... I agree with Rob 100% on this, it is pretty obvious that the Government intends for this data to be freely usable

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData Licence update (WAS: Finding Unmapped public rights of way)

2013-07-30 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
On 30 July 2013 10:49, o...@k3v.eu wrote: I agree with Rob 100% on this, it is pretty obvious that the Government intends for this data to be freely usable by businesses and projects like OSM. This has been covered to death a number of times in the past. There is a lot of external data in

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData Licence update (WAS: Finding Unmapped public rights of way)

2013-07-30 Thread Michael Collinson
On 30/07/2013 11:49, o...@k3v.eu wrote: Robert, On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:57:13 +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com wrote: ... OSM takes a conservative line on copyright and licensing issues... I agree with Rob 100% on this, it is pretty obvious that the

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData Licence update (WAS: Finding Unmapped public rights of way)

2013-07-30 Thread Michael Collinson
And it has been suggested I give a succinct summary of my own verbosity: LWG view on use of data in OSM under OS OpenData License: Yes: OS OpenData product except CodePoint No: CodePoint (a Royal Mail response to Chris Hill needs further investigation) You need to formally ask: Any other

[Talk-GB] OS OpenData Licence update (WAS: Finding Unmapped public rights of way)

2013-07-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Robert W said: That being the case, please note that Ordnance Survey have recently stated that their OS OpenData licence is not forward compatible with the ODC-By and ODbL. Yes, they did, and that quote has gotten them in a lot of trouble. The Open Government License (of which Ordnance Survey's