[OSGeo Africa] Census meetup next week

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:

> > I'd love to come - maybe one day whenI am in CT it will overlap with one
> of
> > your events.
>
> cool - let me know, perhaps we can try to make the two events coincide.
>
> What is the redistribution license of that data?
>
> That's a difficult one. Firstly, I'm not sure that the software itself
> can be redistributed, however, they only release data in that format
> which is annoying. With regards to the data itself, their are two
> different considerations. Officially, they claim copyright ownership
> over the data itself but allow for non-commercial usage. They have
> mentioned that they believe the data should be open and I cannot
> imagine that they would try to legally assert their copyright. It
> would obviously be a ridiculous case. Similarly, the IEC claims
> copyright ownership over election results and only allow for personal
> use. In both cases, I am happy to flout any copyright restrictions
> because I don't think that will be tested in court, and would fail if
> they were.
>
> In summary, you'll need to make up your own mind up.
>
>
Ok thanks Adi - I will have a play with the data when you get it online.

Regards

Tim


>
>
> > Also been trying to grab your data from here
> > http://197.21.34.5/statssa/subplace_maps.tgz but it times out.
>
> Let me get back to you. I'll have a look.
>
> Adi
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >>
> >> Adi
> >>
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> --
> Adi Eyal
> Director
> Code for South Africa
> Promoting informed decision-making
>
> phone: +27 78 014 2469
> skype: adieyalcas
> linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
> web: http://www.code4sa.org
> twitter: @soapsudtycoon
>
> For more information on how to participate in the open data community
> in South Africa, go to: http://www.code4sa.org/#community
> _______________________________________________
> Africa mailing list
> Africa at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa
>



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