Not everyone considers a licence of any sort a requirement. It's just us that expects one or argues otherwise it might be public domain. I recall when I first came to OSM not understanding why a licence was required at all (because I'm used to contracts where the terms are explicit and OSM does not form contract. Little did I know about software!)
What Companies House does make clear is that although data in the register may likely be subject to third party copyright (where the information has been provided to them and not generated by them and thus Crown Copyright) "Companies House imposes no rules or requirements on how the information on the public register is used." That's a pretty clear statement about data in the public register. For everything else that they produce Crown Copyright applies but again provided the normal restrictions regarding Crown Copyright are adhered to then regarding reuse it again states "It places no restriction on how the information is used after purchase other than the following" which only raises the question to me about data that is not sold but supplied free of charge. Cheers Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Williams [mailto:m...@milliams.com] > Sent: 31 August 2012 17:00 > To: talk-gb-westmidlands > Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source > > On 31 August 2012 16:50, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I think that translates to Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) > then? > > Probably, but I wouldn't feel comfortable using the data without an explicit > set of license terms. Unless they have done and I just don't understand their > terminology. > > 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
