FW: [Aust-NZ] PSI Submission 3rd Draft [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[shoaib]

My take on CC Attribution, not sure if you can fit it in:

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It has been found that a large amount of government data is currently in a
state of limbo from a licensing perspective. These include data that could
potentially be made public but due to the lack of standardising on a type of
license is either unavailable to public or a lack of a clear license
agreement deters potential user of this data. This is unfortunate since a
great deal of public good could be derived from such data sets.


A potential solution to streamlining the distribution of data via the
internet is to apply the Creative Commons Attribution license across whole
of government, where appropriate. This might include unclassified data, data
where no restrictions exist or where an Act of Parliament makes it mandatory
to make the data public. Please see:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/legalcode

It is recommended that government departments seek legal advice with regards
to specific data-sets which might currently be in a state of limbo or where
it is felt a review of licensing should be performed. However Creative
Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia license can allow government department to
minimise their liability while maximising the use of spatial data for public
good with proper attribution to the source. It also provide a 'base' set of
legal rights and responsibilities that can be built upon where required.

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I'm just stepping out for dinner but had some more edits which i am hoping
to get to you in a coherent enough form that you don't have to do too much
... but feel free to ignore them if you don't have time.

shoaib


On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM, <Shoaib.Burq at ga.gov.au> wrote:

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> Shoaib Burq
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> Seabed Mapping and Characterisation (SMAC)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Bannerman
> Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 12:17
> To: Aust-NZ OSGeo
> Subject: [Aust-NZ] PSI Submission 3rd Draft
>
> 3rd Draft, incorporating Cameron's initial comments.
>
> (In Open Office, Use Edit>Changes>Show to see what has changed from the
> first draft.)
>
> We are getting closer to a finished document.
>
> Still to come:
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> - Cameron's contributions as per this morning's email.
>  (Cameron, I've also included a section on OSM in my answer to Chapter
> 4)
>
> - Solid Examples of how cost of access to data is affection your ability
> to do your work. Please provide them, if you can. - Anyone?
>
> - Comments on Chapter 1 - Bruce
>
> - Comments on Chapter 5. Do we have anyone who'd like to tackle Open
> Content licenses e.g. Creative Commons etc. - Anyone?
>
> - Chapter 6 - Cameron
>
>
> Cameron, I'll also need a short bio for Annex A.
>
>
> This doc needs to be finished tomorrow for a final read tomorrow
> evening. We can then submit on Friday.
>
> Please keep your comments coming.
>
>
> Bruce
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