[talk-au] CC-BY-A data released for Victoria

[John Smith]

On 3 March 2010 07:56, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I disagree! Be careful not to be condescending to other mappers, and

I'm not being condescending, but realistic, accidents happen and
people do bad things on purpose.

> please don't be "protective" of the data that you could otherwise make
> available. We're all just as sensible as you.

That would be nice, but there is always bad apples and accidents.

> It's good to discuss when and how imports should be made, but not good
> to discuss who should be allowed or denied access to that data on the
> basis of how "zealous" they may or may not be.

Being a little protective will save a lot of hassle undoing the damage later.