[talk-au] Making the case for ODbL licensing of state government open data

[Phil (The Geek) Wyatt]

Hi Nicholas,

 

Firstly, thanks very much for at least having a crack at this with data suppliers. I can't tell you the number of hours I have spent trying to get agreements for even the most basic data. Any comprehensive effort to get data in ODbl licencing is very welcome.

 

This page, I think, has the best description of why some existing licence categories are incompatible with ODbl

 

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/ODbL_Compatibility

 

More detailed information on getting permission is here (with extra notes)

 

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/GettingPermission

 

If you require more information, the best contact would be via the legal talk mailing list as they handle lots of these sorts of issues

 

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk

 

Cheers - Phil

 

From: Nicholas G Lawrence [mailto:nicholas.g.lawrence at tmr.qld.gov.au] 
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 8:53 AM
To: talk-au at openstreetmap.org
Subject: [talk-au] Making the case for ODbL licensing of state government open data

 

Hello Australia OSM,

 

I am a spatial science officer in Qld Transport and Main Roads, involved in the provision of Open Data for public consumption.

 

Our data is generally released under a CC-BY license, but I have an opportunity to make a case for the ODbL to be a license option. Currently data custodians choose a license from a list of pre-approved licenses, and I am hoping to add ODbL to that list.

 

But first I have to put forward a clear case why this should be considered. Is there a clear argument written down somewhere I can refer to?

 

Also, I am not clear on the incompatibilities between ODbL and specific types of CC licenses. For example, is CC-BY compatible whilst CC-BY-SA not compatible? How about CC-0?

 

Thanks,
Nick Lawrence

 

 

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