Sadly, the issue of Government copyright exists and is real. There is no getting around it.
Thank you. Best, Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 7 June 2011 23:22, Vickram Crishna <vvcris...@radiophony.com> wrote: > Broadly speaking, any data collected with the use of public funds cannot be > restricted for use from any member of the public. > Having said that, even copyrighted information may be free to use, after all > that is precisely what copyleft is. However, the use of copyleft is not > commonly applied to textual information other than manuals attached to or > related to copylefted software. > Given the lack of public discourse in the area of copyleft in India, I have > my doubts that the census data is copylefted. However, more information is > needed. Mere mention of copyright is insufficient to prevent its lawful use > and reuse for the public weal, without specifying the restrictions implicit > or explicit in the specific license. > > If any government body objects to the use of census data for any purpose > relating to the public weal, I believe that there will be a strong case for > legal strictures against the Census of India. > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:11 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Census website says : >> "Material on this site subject to copyright unless otherwise indicated." >> I am particularly curious on how we would be able to use data from census >> website. I used 2001 census data as input data for my Indian villages pilot >> project on en.wiki. I was waiting for 2011 census data for further work >> which would be more updated and correct information. But the site says it is >> still copyrighted. >> Any legal experts? >> -TC >> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Naveen Francis <navee...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> New maps for respective states can be created with following base. >>> >>> Census Maps >>> http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/maps2011.html >>> >>> http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/administrative_maps/admmaps2011.html >>> >>> >>> Kerala administrative maps already created by Rajeshodayanchal as part of >>> Malayalam Wikipedia Map Project. >>> Please help us to translate the map to other indic languages via >>> following tool http://toolserver.org/~jarry/svgtranslate/ >>> >>> >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerala-administrative-divisions-map-ml.svg >>> (Kerala administrative maps in ml) >>> >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerala-administrative-divisions-map-en.svg >>> (Kerala administrative maps in en) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Naveen Francis >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > > -- > Vickram > Fool On The Hill > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
