The OS have today switched to the Open Government License which means that
any remaining doubts of the compatibility of OS Open data with ODBL have
been resolved as far as I can see.

Details in the email below.


Regards,


Peter


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tom Hughes <t...@compton.nu>
Date: 6 January 2011 10:29
Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CTs and the 1 April deadline
To: "Licensing and other legal discussions." <legal-t...@openstreetmap.org>
Cc: Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net>


On 04/01/11 15:49, Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> As it happens OS is planning to move to the Open Government Licence, and
> this has an explicit compatibility clause with any ODC attribution
licence.
> (It also has sane guidance on attribution, e.g. "If it is not practical to
> cite all sources and attributions in your product prominently, it is good
> practice to maintain a record or list of sources and attributions in
another
> file. This should be easily accessible or retrievable.")

This switch has just been announced:

http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2011/01/changes-to-the-os-opendata-licence/

Tom

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