[talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

[Michael Collinson]

Could you please, for about the fifth time of asking, publish a verbatim
> copy the permission that you have received.  If you have some reason that
> you can't then you need to explain yourself.
>
> 80n

??

A verbatim copy of the permission that we have received is here:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Australian_government_public_information_datasets

You can see the drafting history using the View History button. It was 
created using the input and review of data.gov.au over a series of 
correspondence I had with them. I believe it is clear, and by doing it 
as a public document, transparent.  They have reviewed and are happy 
with the final version, so earlier correspondence, as is usual in legal 
discussion and as waldo000000 points out, is now superseded.

And to touch upon other issues raised in this thread:

1) I generally take "yes" to mean "yes" rather than looking for reasons 
why it should mean no.

2) No preferential treatment has been given, if anyone else wants to do 
the right thing and ask for clarification for a specific use of 
data.gov.au data for other projects, write to them.

3) Having lived and worked some years in Australia, I do not recognise 
the description of government officials given. I have generally found 
them to be straight-forward and pragmatic. My dealings here were no 
exception.

Hope that helps,
Mike

Michael Collinson
Chair, LWG