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

[Bruce Bannerman]

Thanks Shoaib,

I appreciate the effort, but I got to this too late.

Sorry.

Bruce



On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 18:25 +1000, shoaib wrote:
> 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.
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> 
> 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
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> 
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> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM, <Shoaib.Burq at ga.gov.au> wrote:
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>         
>         Shoaib Burq
>         --
>         Data Manager, National Marine Samples Database (MARS)
>         Seabed Mapping and Characterisation (SMAC)
>         Marine & Coastal Environment Group,
>         Geoscience Australia
>         Phone: +61 2 6249 9551 | Fax: +61 2 6249 9956 | www.ga.gov.au
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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:
>         
>         - 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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