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

[Andrew Laughton]

Get Firefox if you have not already got it, then get the "Scrapbook"
add on, then copy the cached version to a local scrapbook, just in
case it changes again.
Might not make much difference, but every little bit helps.


On 4 March 2010 12:20, Alex Lum <sierra.oscar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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