[OSGeo-Discuss] distributing "read-only" vector files?

[Raj Singh]

Look at the section called, "Copyright Information for use with  
Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO data"
at http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/ScenarioAusBOM
for an example of how the Australian government has approached the  
situation.

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Raj


On Nov 3, at 7:58 AM, maning sambale wrote:

> Before anything else, let me introduce our dilemma.  We are a
> non-profit geo-research institution.  In many cases we produce
> geospatial datasets no other local institution can create in my
> country at the moment.  What we create are sometimes benchmark info
> useful to various research and policy initiatives.  At the moment we
> have two broad users the public (we provide free download of pdf maps)
> and special interest group (requesting for GIS data).  We always want
> our datasets to be used by other geoshop.
>
> However, we have several concerns regarding the release of GIS data:
> 1.  Securing "data integrity" - once released we cannot guarantee that
> the data will be distributed from other sources with
> alterations/changes.  Some of this data may contain critical info that
> if used (coming from altered data), our institution "might" be blamed.
> 2.  Ensuring corrections will be reported back to us for data  
> enhancement.
> 3. Ensuring non-commercial use of the data
>
> I'm sure these concerns are not unique to us but also common to other
> institutions.  I am hoping we can discuss options on how we can
> resolve the above concerns in areas both technical and institutional
> policy.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -- 
> cheers,
> maning
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