Robert wrote: >I think that would be jumping the gun slightly. What I understand from >OS's answer to me, is that previously released datasets will remain >under the OS-ODL, and there is no automatic retrospective change of >the licence. >
I think you are overly risk averse in this case and it could limit interesting uses of this data. The risk all along was that the OS could take offence to how we are using the data (the local authorities we forced to use the OS OpenData licence when they just wanted to make the data available as open). Yeah of course the OS cannot retrospectively change the licence of things released in the past but the fact that they have removed the licence text from their website and put a url redirect to the OGL suggests to me that the OS OpenData licence is dead. The risk is gone so lets not pretend otherwise as it will just send a negative message to our community. In time we can and should ask each LA to use the new licence but this shouldn't stop anyone from using the data now. Rob
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