[Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing with Statistics Canada (Ottawa ODL 2.0 is go!)

[john whelan]

I assume then this means that other municipalities that use the municipal
2.0 version of the Treasury Board Open Data License can now have their bus
stops imported if the local mappers wish to do so?

Thanks John

On 3 March 2017 at 21:15, Stewart C. Russell <scruss at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just got access to the OSMF LWG draft minutes from yesterday, and I have
> good news: Ottawa ODL 2.0 data *can* be included in the OSM database.
>
> The minutes link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/
> 1KyTLbQWSmo1rdoppqlFGTB3by-qVAzjLo_LPml3Ri9Y/edit - is still draft so may
> not be generally readable, so I've included the text in full below:
>
> *5. Statement on Ottawa Open Data Licence Version 2.0 compatibility*
>
> Approval of the following statement:
>
> ---
>
> The LWG has been asked to determine the compatibility of Ottawa Open Data,
> Licence Version 2.0 (Ottawa ODL 2.0) with the ODbL 2.0 in conjunction with
> importing so licensed data. The text of the Ottawa ODL 2.0 can be found here
> <http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0>
> *http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0*
> <http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0>
>
> The Ottawa ODL 2.0 is a localised version of the OGL Canada
> <http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada>
> *http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada*
> <http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada> which in turn
> is loosly based on the UK OGL. The changes relative to the OGL Canada due
> to localisation are the licensor (the City of Ottawa) and reference to the
> definition of "personal information" as defined in the "Ontario Municipal
> Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act",
>
> The LWG has determined
>
>    -
>
>    that the attribution requirements of the Ottawa ODL 2.0 can be met by
>    adding the required text to the wiki contributor page and corresponding
>    changeset source attribute values, and that there is no downstream
>    attribution requirement,
>    -
>
>    that we are not using "Personal Information" as defined in the licence
>    and referenced legislation,
>
> and that so licensed material can be included in the OpenStreetMap dataset
> and distributed on ODbL 1.0 terms.
>
> In the past the local variants of the OGL Canada have varied widely and
> have in some cases included additional terms that have made them
> incompatible with the ODbL and in some instances non-open. For this reason
> we are not making a blanket statement on other such localised versions of
> the OGL at this point in time and will continue to review them on a case by
> case base.
>
> ---
>
> Approved with 4 yes, 1 abstain.
>
>
> I've also updated the wiki page.
>
> Have a great weekend!
>  Stewart
>
>
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