[talk-au] National Public Toilet Map released under restrictive licence

[John Smith]

2009/12/11 Alex (Maxious) Sadleir <maxious at gmail.com>:
> The long awaited National Public Toilet Map has been released in XML
> (but not under CC-BY like many reports recommended) @
> http://data.australia.gov.au/610
>
> Instead, it's a click through licence that amongst other Proprietary
> terms requires anybody with database access to accept these terms
> again (but viewing generated map tiles is okay):
> "3.2    You may not sublicense your rights under these Terms to any
> person. If you require another person to access the Database for the
> Permitted Purpose (including a person you engage to design or build a
> Derivative Product on your behalf), that person must obtain a copy of
> the Database from the www.australia.gov.au website and comply with the
> Terms of this licence."
>
> Two steps forward, one step back.

I'm guessing Google will love that sort of license.