PGL and geodata licensing

[Markus Neteler]

Dear all,

thanks for all your input. The next days I'll approach you via
Wiki to generate some input to the board. We'll have to develop
a strategy how the ongoing efforts and the planned foundation efforts
can be sync'ed/joined/whatever deems appropriate.

Later,

 Markus

On 3/1/06, Daniel <daniel.faivre at camptocamp.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jo Walsh answered with several IMPORTANT points. Please feel free to
> forward (or not) this or parts of this exchange to other persons and
> lists if you think that's useful.
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> First, I would not re-open unfinishable licensing argues: there's place
> (thus needs) for several licensing models. I think that the
> data-oriented osgeo committee could:
> - propose several licenses for discuss, on a rfc model (at least 2 kind
> of licenses at least: a "gpl-like" for "free data", and a creative
> commons-like for "shareable but not really free data")
> - insist on metadata
> - insist on what i've called "traçability": a way to follow the data history
> - promote "massive-cooperative GIS initiatives", like openstreetmap,
> upct, geowikis ...)
> - ...
>
> >
> >i'm sorry to hear you are feeling overloaded! i have no idea how much
> >time/energy commitment there is likely to be in participating in this
> >proposed geodata committee in the Open Source Geospatial Foundation,
> >but i think you shouldn't make a decision either way, until we know ;)
> >
> >
> Don't worry too much about that: I guess we're all a bit overloaded by
> our wonderful jobs, don't we ? ;-)
> When things moves, we moves ! And when not, we push ! ;-)
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> >
> >>http://cemml.carleton.ca:8080/OGUG/pgl (the OGUG set up an english
> >>website for collaborative work upon PGL: contributing is still in my
> >>huge to-do list ;-) )
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Okay, i just subscribed to their mailing list and i'll listen in on who
> >is doing what. Is this the core of active development of the Public Geodata
> >License effort now? Is there a specific person pushing this forward
> >who it would be good to connect to?
> >
> >
> 1) There's no active development core actually ;-( For me, I'm just
> trying to put licensing issues on some good ways to help our commons
> efforts to develop free geodata, with the help of interested peoples
> worlwide. The foundation visibility could help to reach new steps.
>
> 2) For Canada, probably Tracey p LAURIAULT: tlauriau at magma.ca
>
> >
> >
> >I'm actually scared to cc this mail to the osm-talk list for fear of
> >re-opening the licensing related can of worms and putting people off ;)
> >One aim in the manifesto was to state, "one set of compatible
> >licensing terms should be useful for both 'ground up' and 'top down'
> >data bodies to be made freely available. It would be amazing to see
> >Canadian state agencies at whatever level use a license like this. The
> >PGL web presence looks as if you are not confident about it yet, to be
> >honest, so perhaps OSM *is* a good forum to stresstest its contents :)
> >
> >
> >jo
> >
> >
> The PGL was my idea in a far past, but now, many peoples take a look at
> it, and re-use it in their own ways. There's no board, directing
> comitte, nor nothing like that. I never wanted to appear as a "guru" or
> "an executive leader" in any way with this license, as I trust we need
> collaborative work from many peoples, with different interests,
> cultures, and objectives.
> Furthermore, I'm not a lawyer, and for a license, law issues needs a
> strong and skilled work for many differents national's contexts.
> One thing that can be done about data licensing models with OSGeo is to
> enhance efficiency of everibody's actions, and to increase visibility.
> The foundation may help to reduce the license(s) 'todo list" ;-) That's
> great enough !
>
> Yours,
>
> Daniel FAIVRE
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