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On 30/04/2012 17:38, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a> wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:0015174c1864e435b404bee73d81@google.com"
type="cite">Hi All,<br>
<br>
Can someone please confirm that I am able to make use of the Natural
England data released under the Open Government Licence. I was under
the impression that this licence is compatible with OSMs CTs and ODBL
licence, however the line about attribution has left me unsure. I am
currently exploring how best to use this data (so far the quality looks
good - as if boundaries have been determined from 1:10000 or better
Ordnance Survey maps), and am discussing this on talk-gb.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6J5ZA1hu93bVnhYbHNaVVVnWWM">https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6J5ZA1hu93bVnhYbHNaVVVnWWM</a><br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/publications/data/gidatasetsfeature.aspx">http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/publications/data/gidatasetsfeature.aspx</a><br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
RobJN<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
A cautious yes but.<br>
<br>
Natural England is using two licenses [1]. The "Open Government
License" and the munged "<a
href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/open-government-licence-NE-OS_tcm6-30743.pdf"
title="Open Government Licence - Natural England and Ordnance Survey"
onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/Images/open-government-licence-NE-OS_tcm6-30743.pdf');"
xmlns:tridion="http://www.tridion.com/ContentManager/5.0" class="doc"><span>Natural
England and Ordnance Survey Open Government Licence</span></a>"<br>
<br>
Your Google docs is the pure "Open Government License" and your quoted
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk">www.naturalengland.org.uk</a> webpage also suggests this. However, you
might want to email them and double check.<br>
<br>
If the pure "Open Government License", then you are fine. Just add to
our Attribution page [3]. I suggest text like this:<br>
<br>
"Contains xxxx data from from Natural England © Natural England
copyright [year] and which contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown
copyright and database right [year].<br>
Natural England does not endorse OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap's use
of Natural England data." plus a link to their license.<br>
<br>
A separate wiki project page about the data and an entry in the Import
Catalogue [4] are also very helpful.<br>
<br>
The but bit: The "<a
href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/open-government-licence-NE-OS_tcm6-30743.pdf"
title="Open Government Licence - Natural England and Ordnance Survey"
onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/Images/open-government-licence-NE-OS_tcm6-30743.pdf');"
xmlns:tridion="http://www.tridion.com/ContentManager/5.0" class="doc"><span>Natural
England and Ordnance Survey Open Government Licence</span></a>" has an
extra clause in that would force anyone using OSM data to also
attribute Natural England, probably even if the map was on the other
side of the world. Clearly not practical. The OS has done the same but
has kindly given us what amounts to an exception for use under ODbL
(only). This does not mean, however, that Natural England can or will
do the same.<br>
<br>
If you have any further questions or need help, do feel free to contact
me off-line.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright/default.aspx">http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright/default.aspx</a><br>
<br>
[2]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/open-government-licence-NE-OS_tcm6-30743.pdf">http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/open-government-licence-NE-OS_tcm6-30743.pdf</a>
<br>
<br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution</a><br>
<br>
[4] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue</a><br>
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