<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">ENGLISH TEXT FOLLOWS<br><br>Après consultation de la communauté, la ville de Montréal a modifié sa licence de données en date du 28 février 2013. Il est clairement stipulé sur la page de la licence :<br><br>Elle est similaire à une licence <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" title="Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0" target="_blank"><strong>Creative Commons CC-BY</strong></a>. Par exemple, elle est compatible avec les licences de type <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/" title="Open Data Commons Open Database License" target="_blank">ODbl</a> plus restrictives telles que celle d’<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" title="OpenStreetMap - Copyright" target="_blank">OpenStreetMap</a>.<br><br>Voir http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/licence/<br><br>Lors de la journée de données ouvertes,
samedi le 23 février, des représentants de la ville ont aussi offert de fournir les données de cadastre. Ceci contribuerait grandement à enrichir la carte de Montréal. Si des personnes sont intéressées à contribuer à ce dossier, veuillez communiquer avec moi.<br><br>C'est une bonne nouvelle pour la communauté des données libres, les
développeurs et tous ceux qui croient à une participation plus grande des citoyens. La ville de Montréal en modifiant sa licence contribue à
mettre en place un éco-système ou les créateurs de données libres, les
développeurs d'applications OpenSource, les gouvernements et les citoyens
contribuent collectivement à enrichir l'information et le dialogue.<br><br>Nous devrons bien sûr nous assurer avec le comité d'import de données que cette licences est compatible avec OSM.<br><br>Nous espérons que cet exemple sera suivi par d'autres et notamment par le gouvernement du Québec et la ville de Québec.<br><div> </div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;">Pierre </span><br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">After consultation with the</span> <span class="hps">community, the city</span> <span class="hps">of Montreal changed</span> <span class="hps">its</span> <span class="hps">OpenData license</span> the<span class="hps"> 28</span> <span class="hps">February 2013.</span> <span class="hps">It is clearly stated</span> <span class="hps">on the page of</span>
<span class="hps">the license:</span><br><br><span class="hps">It is similar to</span> <span class="hps">a Creative Commons license</span> <span class="hps atn">CC-</span><span>BY.</span> <span class="hps">For example</span><span class="">, it is compatible</span> <span class="hps">with the</span> <span class="hps">more restrictive</span> <span class="hps">type</span> <span class="hps">ODbL</span> <span class="hps"></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"> licenses </span></span>such</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">OpenStreetMap</span><span>.</span><br><br><span class="hps">See</span> <span class="hps">http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/licence/</span><br></span><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">On the O</span><span class="hps">pen Data day,</span> <span
class="hps">Saturday, February 23</span><span class="">, representatives of</span> <span class="hps">the city have</span> <span class="hps">also</span> <span class="hps">offered to provide</span> <span class="hps">cadastre data.</span> <span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps">would</span> <span class="hps">greatly contribute to</span> <span class="hps">enrich the</span> <span class="hps">map of Montreal.</span> <span class="hps">If people are</span> <span class="hps">interested in contributing to</span> <span class="hps">this issue,</span> <span class="hps">please contact me</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="hps"> <br><br>This</span> <span class="hps">is a good news</span> <span class="hps">for the community of</span> <span class="hps">free data</span><span>, developers</span> <span class="hps">and all those</span> <span class="hps">who believe in a</span> <span class="hps">greater participation of</span> <span
class="hps">citizens.</span> <span class="hps">The city of</span> <span class="hps">Montreal, by</span> <span class="hps">amending its</span> <span class="hps">license, contributes to</span> <span class="hps">develop</span> <span class="hps">an eco</span><span class="">-system where OpenData</span><span class="hps"> creators</span> <span class="hps">OpenSource developpers</span><span class="hps"></span><span>, governments</span> <span class="hps">and citizens</span> <span class="hps">collectively contribute to</span> <span class="hps">enrich the information</span> <span class="hps">and dialogue.</span><br><br><span class="hps">We should of course assure with the Import Workgroup that this license is compatible with OSM. <br><br>We hope that this</span> <span class="hps">example will be followed</span> <span class="hps">by others,</span> <span class="hps">including</span> <span class="hps">the Government of</span> <span class="hps">Quebec and</span>
<span class="hps">Quebec City</span><span>.</span></span><br> <br><div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;">Pierre <br></span></div></div></body></html>