[od-discuss] Draft Response to Calgary

Wed Jun 26 17:33:28 UTC 2013

I have updated the response to add the suggestions from Andrew and Kent.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KroB-vEuwFdKF6bUj23FgcPaRgroZtu_2gWr14EWCtc/edit

You can see the revisions by selecting "File" | "Show Revision History" and
then clicking the "Show Less Detailed Revisions" at the bottom right of the
screen.

Herb

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Herb Lainchbury <
herb at dynamic-solutions.com> wrote:

> re (2): my preference would be to recommend that they adopt a license that
> has already been found conformant such as CC-BY, PDDL or the OGL - Canada
> v2.0.  (of course this presumes that we've made this decision before I send
> this note).
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> Herb
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> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Andrew Stott <andrew.stott at dirdigeng.com>wrote:
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>> Herb****
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>> Thanks for this draft.  I am basically +1 with it subject to:****
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>> (1) adding the point Kent makes about revocation – where the provision is
>> horrible because the full text shows that it essentially allows Calgary to
>> revoke an individual user’s licence in an arbitrary and discriminatory
>> fashion.  While this might be an extreme case, it is not beyond the bounds
>> of possibility if someone created an application that an influential
>> politician did not like.****
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>> (2) a clearer sign-posting to what would be an acceptable standard
>> licence.  Should we only recommend CC-BY, or should we point them to the
>> possibility of adopting the Canadian OGL as an alternative?  ****
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>> Regards****
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>> Andrew****
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>> *From:* od-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
>> od-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On Behalf Of *Herb Lainchbury
>> *Sent:* 25 June 2013 00:43
>> *To:* od-discuss at lists.okfn.org
>> *Subject:* [od-discuss] Draft Response to Calgary****
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>> Here is a draft response to Calgary as promised.  It's in Google doc
>> format here: ****
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>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KroB-vEuwFdKF6bUj23FgcPaRgroZtu_2gWr14EWCtc/edit?usp=sharing
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>> Please either +1 or send me suggestions.  If/once approved I will send it
>> to Calgary directly and post to the http://opendefinition.org/update/blog.
>> ****
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>> --
>> Herb Lainchbury****
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> Herb Lainchbury
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> www.dynamic-solutions.com
> http://twitter.com/herblainchbury
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Herb Lainchbury
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