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

[James]

If every license was perfect, we wouldnt need lawyers...

On Mar 4, 2017 10:03 AM, "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2017-03-04 09:09 AM, James wrote:
> > As the LWG said, it's not a blanket acceptance of all OGL variants, but
> > if future licenses we come across are exactly the same(kdiff of text or
> > something as proof) except the city/entity name. We will have a strong
> > case that it is compatible with ODbL.
>
> Yes, it would definitely help to show that the text of a new licence is
> only trivially different from an accepted one. We'd still need to run it
> past the LWG, though. Any new licence creates new obligations for the
> Foundation. Sometimes these new obligations are trivial, but they need
> to be recognized.
>
> > So if future cities are looking to change their license they can use
> > Ottawa license as an example so they are sure it's compatible
>
> Ottawa's licence isn't exactly a shining example. It was good they
> changed their licence from a grievously incompatible one after you
> contacted them about it.
>
> Annoyances with the Ottawa licence include:
>
> * it still includes the third party rights exemption that was brought
>   over from the UK licence. I don't see any way that this will go away
>   for existing data.
>
> * it doesn't have the statement on compatibility that the UK OGL
>   licence includes. This would definitely ease adoption.
>
> cheers,
>  Stewart
>
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