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<p>Andrew, pls jog my memory, is the ACT data available on CC BY 4.0
terms or are the terms based on a earlier version?</p>
<p>The problem with point 2 is that, if taken seriously, the
relevant terms impose rather far reaching restrictions on how
derived works can be used, for example a map generated from such
data cannot be distributed on a blu-ray disk, or shown on a DRM
protected streaming service (for example Netflix)*. Now the terms
in question are likely the most ignored language ever in open
licensing and even in the discussions on the CC mailing list
leading up to the 4.0 versions you can find statements like
"everybody ignores it", but we are OSM, not your run-of-the-mill
data aggregation project that couldn't care less and we have a
certain duty to ensure our downstream users can actually OSM data
on our advertised terms.</p>
<p>So for now I would suggest not using any more ACT data and going
back to them and asking if having those restrictions in place is
really their intent, and what they intend to achieve with them. <br>
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<p>Simon</p>
<p>* interesting enough CC BY 4.0 IMHO expanded the scope of the
relevant terms to not just DRM but any more restrictive terms in a
copyleft fashion (see 5.B), however CC doesn't interpret it that
way (which leads to the question why they added the text in the
first place).<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 30.05.2017 um 07:25 schrieb Andrew
Harvey:<br>
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<div>I contacted the ACT Government to see if they could complete
the CC BY waiver form as provided at <a
href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-data/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-data/</a>.
We have previous correspondence at <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution/Australian_Capital_Territory"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution/Australian_Capital_Territory</a> from
which the local community I believe has started using ACT
Government data, but now we have a proper waiver form I wanted
to make sure everything was in order.<br>
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<div>The ACT Government have come back that point (1) in the
waiver regarding attribution is okay but they can't agree to
point (2) in the waiver. How important is having the data
provider agree to both of these points? What does this mean for
any data already imported into OSM from this source? Will it
need to be removed?<br>
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