[od-discuss] Status of Vancouver and Surrey OGL varients

Wed Nov 26 21:13:21 UTC 2014

On 14-11-26 08:18 AM, Herb Lainchbury wrote:
> "2.2 Acceptable Conditions
> The license shall not limit, make uncertain, or otherwise diminish the
> permissions required in Section 2.1 except by the following allowable
> conditions:"
>
> I think the exemption in question makes it uncertain whether or not
> the permissions are in fact granted.  And it does so in a way that is
> not one of the Acceptable Ways.
>
> While there may be other issues, this one seems fairly obvious to me
> and would cause me to vote no.
I agree.  The exemption definitely "makes uncertain" the permissions
granted.  Not only does it problematically force users to refer to a
very complicated piece of legislation, but even if users do that, they
can still be left uncertain as to whether or not the permissions are
granted.  Many of the FIPPA exceptions are qualified in that a
department head "may" refuse to disclose, so whether the license
actually applies depends on the whim of a public official.

Yet others exceptions are highly subjective and open to interpretation,
such as whether the data could harm relations between the government and
other agencies; or even whether the data could harm the business
interests of any third party.

Kent