[od-discuss] Provincial and Game OGLs; Open Definition 2.0

Wed Dec 4 06:26:03 UTC 2013

> From: Wrate, David GCPE:EX [mailto:David.Wrate at gov.bc.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [od-discuss] Provincial and Game OGLs; Open Definition 2.0
> 
> BC, in conjunction with AB, ON and the federal govt is charged with
> establishing the governance structure and adoption standards. What you
> have identified is one of the first issues we need to tackle. Our
> template approach will be much along the lines of Creative Commons:
> establish the common language, identify what can be changed to suit and
> what can be omitted.
> 
> To be fair, we have discovered a couple of drafting issues which we are
> in the process of correcting and communicating.
> 
> David

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the templating issue could be 
avoided by using the definition from the OGL 2.0 (UK, not a Canadian
version)
for "Information Provider" which is "'Information Provider' means the person

or organisation providing the Information under this licence."

All the cities in BC and the province could then use the same license. It 
wouldn't resolve the FIPPA questions, and I have a two page email on that 
topic sitting in my drafts mailbox waiting for me to figure out where to 
send it, but getting the different cities in BC on the same license would
solve one issue.