I took to route numbers from the Mainroads web site & have used the VicRoads document for visual comparison against OSM, so the real copyright may be with the Mainroads web site (which I am still awaiting a response from the site author).<br>
Agree a GoogleDoc is another alternative if it gets ugly :)<br>I notice you haven't made any changes to the page yet - what have(n't) you been doing :D<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/4 Steve Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevagewp@gmail.com">stevagewp@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Craig Feuerherdt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craigfeuerherdt@gmail.com" target="_blank">craigfeuerherdt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Even though the route numbers were sourced from the VicRoads & Main Roads, I would argue that it is public knowledge in that it is written on signs all across the state. Just to be sure I have sent an email to the author of the Main Roads web site - surely he would have the same issue if the VicRoads data was copyrighted. <br>
Will post outcome once it is known.<br><br></blockquote></div><div><br>The difference is whether the list was published by VicRoads in that form. Even if the individual items in the list are not copyright, the list as a whole can be. I'm pretty sure about this in Australian law. (But like I said, I don't think it matters much. Even if VicRoads complained, I'd be inclined to turn it into a GoogleDocs or something, shared just amongst us - perfectly valid for personal research.)<br>
<br>Steve<br></div></div>
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