Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey consultation - should it be made free with no restrictions?

2010-01-30 Thread Brian McNeil
On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 21:58 +, geni wrote: > 2010/1/30 David Gerard : > > On 30 January 2010 20:29, Michael Peel wrote: > > > >> What do you think would be the best approach to take here? A single > >> official comment from Wikimedia UK? Persuading lots of Wikimedians to > >> emphatically say

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey consultation - should it be made free with no restrictions?

2010-01-30 Thread geni
2010/1/30 David Gerard : > On 30 January 2010 20:29, Michael Peel wrote: > >> What do you think would be the best approach to take here? A single >> official comment from Wikimedia UK? Persuading lots of Wikimedians to >> emphatically say "yes"? Both of these? It isn't clear to me whether >> they

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey consultation - should it be made free with no restrictions?

2010-01-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 January 2010 20:29, Michael Peel wrote: > What do you think would be the best approach to take here? A single > official comment from Wikimedia UK? Persuading lots of Wikimedians to > emphatically say "yes"? Both of these? It isn't clear to me whether > they want detailed, logical responses

[Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey consultation - should it be made free with no restrictions?

2010-01-30 Thread Michael Peel
Thanks to @mia_out on Twitter, I've just found out about: http://osconsult.ernestmarples.com/ "The Government have launched a consultation on how to make Ordnance Survey data free with no restrictions on reuse." Full details are given in: http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1

[Wikimediauk-l] Geograph images

2010-01-30 Thread Andrew Turvey
Could anyone help us draft a blog post about this? I've started a page at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Geograph_images - Forwarded Message - From: "Michael Peel" To: "bo...@wikimedia.org.uk WMUK Board" Sent: Saturday, 30 January, 2010 11:58:22 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) 2010: Call for Proposals

2010-01-30 Thread AndrewRT
On Jan 21, 7:39 pm, Isabell Long wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:24:29PM +, Jonathan Gray wrote: > > ~~ Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) 2010: Call for Proposals ~~ > > >  * where: London, UK > >  * when: Saturday 24th April, 2010 > >  * www:http://www.okfn.org/okcon/ > >  * last year:htt