[Gfoss] Fwd: [geo-discuss] copyright not applicable to geodata?

[Piergiorgio Cipriano]

Qualche volta i cross-posting sono necessari.
In ogni caso, ... sorry.
Un Url utile (spero ) sull'argomento:
http://www.regione.piemonte.it/sit/argomenti/pianifica/iniziative/interreg/dwd/gisday/dati.pdf

pg


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From: Jo Walsh <jo a frot.org>
Date: Apr 1, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: [geo-discuss] copyright not applicable to geodata?
To: okfn-discuss a lists.okfn.org, geo-discuss a lists.okfn.org

dear all,

I tried to sum up the highlights of the discussion that's been
hammering the osgeo/geodata and openstreetmap/legal-talk lists over
the last few days. Word is that Science Commons say "copyright based
licenses don't apply to geographic information (as fact collection)"
so there's no point applying a CC- or GPL- derivative license to it.

http://blog.okfn.org/2007/04/01/copyright-not-applicable-to-geodata/

As usual where data licensing is concerned I Am Frustrated, OSGeo has
a mandate to offer sane and helpful advice to those wishing to open
license geographic data, there is a chance to set a precedent with a
couple of different public bodies but advice such as the above seems
like a setback from the rough consensus there was a couple of years ago.

I quite like the idea of a click-use contract if it is machine-negotiable,
cf the project that John Sheridan has going with OPSI right now.
But this all sounds novel, I want to be able to point at solid prior art.

Argh!


jo
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