[talk-au] Vic Roads Data

[toryn forrest]

Thanks Ian,

I've had some contact with VicRoads on the matter, I've requested the contact details for someone else higher up the food chain in the legal dept. who can clear up some issues.
 
On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at 08:27AM, "Ian Sergeant" <isergean at hih.com.au> wrote:
>toryn forrest <tor_forrest at mac.com> wrote:
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>> I've had a look thru the posts re using Vic roads data at http:
>> //maps.vicroads.vic.gov.au/ but I'm still a bit confused, is the a
>> definitive answer as to the legality of using this info for mapping
>> purposes? ( i.e. using it for street name tagging )
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>The information is copyright.
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>The wiki page says that OSM usage is permitted, but I just think this is
>plain wrong.  The licence is grossly inconsistent with CC-SA, and by
>entering the data into OSM you are saying that the license is consistent
>with CC-SA.
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>I really think before using the data, you should contact Vicroads, and say
>that the information is going to be redistributed under CC-SA and seek
>their written permission.
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>If the licence is really okay, this should be no problem.  Personally, I
>think Viroads will have serious issues with things like modification of
>their base data and the fact that the CC-SA licence permits charging for
>data (which is specifically prohibited by the Vicroads licence).
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>Ian.
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