[od-discuss] 2_GGC LB to OKFN advisory council: Conformance check of licence "GeoLicence V1.2.1-Open (mail resent in reduced size)

Thu Jan 29 00:48:13 UTC 2015

Correct.  Its the Open Definition Advisory Council list.  I didn't notice
that in the subject line.  Thanks Peter.
Herb
On Jan 28, 2015 4:25 PM, "Peter Murray-Rust" <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Just to check - this is not the OKFN Advisory committee (of which I am a
> member) but the Open Definition committee (which I'm also on)...
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Herb Lainchbury <
> herb at dynamic-solutions.com> wrote:
>
>> I have been reminded of this unresolved thread from about a year ago and
>> would like to bring it back into the discussion.
>>
>> The answers to our preliminary questions are provided, though the
>> questions are slightly different (older versions?).
>>
>> I have one comment out of the gate.  Question 2 says the license is not
>> jurisdiction specific, yet the license refers specifically to German law.
>> I would say that IS jurisdiction specific.
>>
>> I would like to more information for provided for Question 4, which
>> reads: "What benefit does the new license bring over already approved
>> OD-conformant licenses which would outweigh the costs of license
>> proliferation <http://opensource.org/proliferation-report>?"
>>
>> The response provided does not refer to an already approved OD-conformant
>> license.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Herb
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Mike Linksvayer <ml at gondwanaland.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> (resending to list)
>>>
>>> On 12/03/2013 06:12 AM, Behrens, Lars wrote:
>>> > since I haven’t noticed any discussion or received a reply about this,
>>> I
>>> > was wondering what the current status of approval is?
>>>
>>> I don't expect to take a formal approval vote until next year, pending
>>> AC consensus on steps we're taking in a revised Open Definition and/or
>>> approval processes regarding license proliferation.
>>>
>>> In the meantime I urge others to review the GeoLicence V1.2.1-Open and
>>> ask questions that will be pertinent to the eventual approval vote.
>>>
>>> All may find links to the text, answers to the basic submission
>>> questions, and my initial question about the text at
>>> https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/2013-November/000711.html
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
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