[talk-au] Bus, tram and train stop data license change

[Alex Lum]

Very disappointing... I was browsing the http://data.vic.gov.au
website yesterday and noticed that Metlink and the Department of
Transport  had released two datasets: the TransNET database of routes,
stops and timetables, and a file of bus, tram and train stops. The
TransNET file was under the DoT's restrictive license: only to be used
for the 'App My State' competition, no commercial use, etc., however I
was delighted to see that the stop information including very accurate
lat/long coordinates was released under a CC - Attribution 2.5
Australia license! I spent much of the day preparing to import it and
producing a wiki page to document the process and data...

However, I returned to the site
(http://data.vic.gov.au/raw_data/bus-tram-and-train-stops/123) today
to find the license has been changed to the restrictive TransNET
license!

Google still has the CC-A2.5 version cached:
http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:ZFC_fGJMI4MJ:data.vic.gov.au/raw_data/bus-tram-and-train-stops/123+metlink+site:data.vic.gov.au&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au

Now according to the Creative Commons FAQ: "Creative Commons licenses
are non-revocable. This means that you cannot stop someone, who has
obtained your work under a Creative Commons license, from using the
work according to that license."

Any thoughts? I'm inclined not to proceed with importing or deriving
from the data if it's likely to be an issue, even though it's probably
on pretty safe ground given that the data actually was released under
a CC license albeit for a ten day window, and I retrieved it under
those terms and the Terms of Use of the website.