On 05/11/12 14:19, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote:
Oops. I hadn't spotted that. It looks like ONS is getting just as
confused as I am with the different licenses. It seems that the
license ONS is providing the data under is fine for OSM then. :-)
(I'd still suspect that there is some Royal Mail IP in there, via
CodePoint Open or similar, which previously Royal Mail haven't let us
use. If this is the case, I guess we just have to hope that either
they've changed their mind, or they don't notice what ONS are doing
with their data!)
Let me just set the record the record straight here. Royal Mail did not
at any point refuse OSM the right to use CodePoint Open data. When the
LWG asked Ordnance Survey about the use of OS OpenData, in confirming
that OS had no objection to OSM using OS OpenData they simply said that
they could not speak for Royal Mail; if we wanted to confirm RM's
position we should contact them. LWG chose not to contact RM and
cautiously recommended that CodePoint Open data should not be used until
its status was know. IMHO, too cautious given the licence.
I have contacted the Royal Mail and their head of Commercial Licensing
in their Address Management Unit has confirmed that OSM can use
CodePoint Open data on the same terms as the OS OpenData.
When I tried to amend the Wiki page to remove the banner saying that we
should not use CodePoint Open data Robert Whittaker reverted my edit.
Rather than enter into an edit battle I asked the LWG to change the wiki
page, since it was a message from them in the first place, I sent the
details of the agreement from Royal Mail to the LWG too. While I was
waiting for the LWG to respond (they still haven't, despite being
prompted) the ONS data became available, so I recreated my tiles from
that. It is disappointing that the Northern Ireland postcodes are not
available, but I have asked a contact in Government to ask why they are
not using the OGL in the spirit it was intended by adding a rider to
only allow non commercial use.
I'm sorry for the unnecessary interruption. Robert.
I'm disappointed that it has taken two and a half years after the
original data was released to reach this point when the data was
available all along. It was released to be used, not argued over.
--
Cheers, Chris
user: chillly
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