[od-discuss] Is the Irish PSI license compliant withOpenDefinition.org

Tue Jul 12 22:33:29 UTC 2011

So I think this is our first official "-1".

What do people think of notifying the drafters of the license -- being
as constructive as we can of course?

Regards,

Rufus

On 11 July 2011 15:49, Andrew Stott <andrew.stott at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I agree with Mike too: -1
>
> There's nothing new about using government facts and figures in advertising.
> It would be reasonable to require that the advertisement does not imply that
> the government *endorses* the product, but that would be caught in the UK by
> the general provisions of the Advertising Standards Authority.  The UK Open
> Government Licence additionally covers the point with "ensure that you do
> not use the Information in a way that suggests any official status or that
> the Information Provider endorses you or your use of the Information." which
> covers advertisements as well as any other use.  I see no reason to go
> further.
>
> There is a related issue with use of contact information for direct
> marketing which I have come across recently.  The UK Charity Commission
> Register of Charities contains contact details including email addresses.
> The Charity Commission insist on a restrictive licence and scrutiny of the
> proposed usage, partly to prevent the contact details being used for direct
> marketing (see clause 16 of
> http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/About_charities/copyrightreg.a
> spx ).  I have some sympathy with the direct marketing point, especially
> where email addresses are involved, but restricting access to the whole
> dataset is disproportionate - it would be equally effective just to remove
> the email addresses from the Open Data version of the file.
>
> Andrew Stott
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:od-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Rufus Pollock
> Sent: 29 June 2011 22:22
> To: Mike Linksvayer
> Cc: od-discuss at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: [od-discuss] Is the Irish PSI license compliant
> withOpenDefinition.org
>
> Yes, agreeing with Mike here: -1
>
> While the motivations for these kinds of restrictions on use, are
> understandable they are unacceptable as they rapidly destry
> interoperability.
>
> Rufus
>
> On 29 June 2011 00:43, Mike Linksvayer <ml at creativecommons.org> wrote:
>> -1
>>
>> 4.1(4) not using the document: (a) for the principal purpose of
>> advertising or promoting a particular product or service;
>>
>> other conditions in section 4 may be problematic as well.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Jonathan Gray
>> <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Calling all OpenDefinition.org experts!
>>>
>>> Do people think this is OpenDefinition.org compliant?
>>>
>>> http://psi.gov.ie/files/2010/03/PSI-Licence.pdf
>>>
>>> Votes? +1 -1 +0 -0
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Jonathan
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