I think that translates to Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) then?
On 31 August 2012 16:38, Andrew Mackenzie <a.macken...@bethere.co.uk> wrote: > Hi all > The reply I have from Companies House about the license and re-use below. > I have said we take the key clause to be > "Companies House imposes no rules or requirements on how the information > on the public register is used." > but that it lacks clarity and > - should be posted on the download or FAQ page > - should be under the Open Government License for database rights. > > " The snapshot is not provided under any license (you asked if it was > provided under the Open Government License). This is explained on our > website (see http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/ifts.shtml ) > > b) Material on the public register > > With the exception of a small category of material which is exempt from > statutory disclosure requirements, the Registrar is required by law to make > the information comprised in documents sent to him available for public > inspection. Information on the public register is made available by virtue > of approvals issued by the Registrar in accordance with section 47 of the > Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and Schedule 1 of the Database > Regulations (SI 1997/3032). Companies House imposes no rules or > requirements on how the information on the public register is used." > > Andrew > On 31 Aug 2012, at 15:06, Matt Williams wrote: > > On 31 August 2012 12:26, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The other problem with the Companies House data is that there is no clear > > statement of the licence other than "free". Come on CH please be more > > specific! > > > Indeed. It looks like it could be another quite useful source of > postcode and address data but we need to know the license. Does anyone > know who is best to ask? > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list > Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list > Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands > >
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