Get Firefox if you have not already got it, then get the "Scrapbook" add on, then copy the cached version to a local scrapbook, just in case it changes again. Might not make much difference, but every little bit helps.
On 4 March 2010 12:20, Alex Lum <sierra.os...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very disappointing... I was browsing the http://data.vic.gov.au > website yesterday and noticed that Metlink and the Department of > Transport had released two datasets: the TransNET database of routes, > stops and timetables, and a file of bus, tram and train stops. The > TransNET file was under the DoT's restrictive license: only to be used > for the 'App My State' competition, no commercial use, etc., however I > was delighted to see that the stop information including very accurate > lat/long coordinates was released under a CC - Attribution 2.5 > Australia license! I spent much of the day preparing to import it and > producing a wiki page to document the process and data... > > However, I returned to the site > (http://data.vic.gov.au/raw_data/bus-tram-and-train-stops/123) today > to find the license has been changed to the restrictive TransNET > license! > > Google still has the CC-A2.5 version cached: > http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:ZFC_fGJMI4MJ:data.vic.gov.au/raw_data/bus-tram-and-train-stops/123+metlink+site:data.vic.gov.au&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au > > Now according to the Creative Commons FAQ: "Creative Commons licenses > are non-revocable. This means that you cannot stop someone, who has > obtained your work under a Creative Commons license, from using the > work according to that license." > > Any thoughts? I'm inclined not to proceed with importing or deriving > from the data if it's likely to be an issue, even though it's probably > on pretty safe ground given that the data actually was released under > a CC license albeit for a ten day window, and I retrieved it under > those terms and the Terms of Use of the website. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au