[od-discuss] Draft Response to Calgary

Wed Jun 26 21:02:10 UTC 2013

That looks good to me. I'd propose sending/posting after we make
determination on Canada 2.0 conformance, ie in 2 weeks.

Mike

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Herb Lainchbury <
herb at dynamic-solutions.com> wrote:

> I have updated the response to add the suggestions from Andrew and Kent.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KroB-vEuwFdKF6bUj23FgcPaRgroZtu_2gWr14EWCtc/edit
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> 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).
>>
>> Herb
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Andrew Stott <andrew.stott at dirdigeng.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Herb****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Thanks for this draft.  I am basically +1 with it subject to:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> (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.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> (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?  ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Regards****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Andrew****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *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****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Here is a draft response to Calgary as promised.  It's in Google doc
>>> format here: ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KroB-vEuwFdKF6bUj23FgcPaRgroZtu_2gWr14EWCtc/edit?usp=sharing
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> H****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> --
>>> Herb Lainchbury****
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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