[okfn-discuss] a legal framework of open (geo)data

Mon Jul 8 14:05:49 UTC 2013

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Carlo <carlo at piana.eu> wrote:
> Luis,
>
> Actually the gist of it is that Public Sector data should be released
> under the uttermost liberal license, or better, a waiver, so we suggest
> the CC0.
>
> This is the are where we concentrated the most.

Great. (I have argued, many years ago, that a copyleft makes sense
here, but I've come to realize the boundaries are just too fluid in
the data context for copyleft to make much sense.)

> And we dealt mainly with geographic data because that was the subject of
> the research project. Personally, I believe that all data are equal, if
> it's just data.

OK, good! You never know when there are unusual requirements in a
particular area, so glad to hear that was not the case.

Thanks-
Luis

> Cheers
>
> Carlo
>
> On 07/07/2013 21:35, Luis Villa wrote:
>> Thanks, Simone (+Carlo)-
>>
>> Unfortunately I'm unable to find a version of this in English. If I
>> have missed something, please do let me know! If not, may I ask a
>> question?
>>
>> Basically, is there a reason why geographic data is different from
>> other large-scale databases? i.e., does geographic data need licenses
>> that are more specific than general-purpose database-aware licenses,
>> such as CC 4.0 (draft) or the ODbL? Or are those licenses sufficient?
>>
>> Thanks-
>> Luis
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Simone Aliprandi
>> <simone.aliprandi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A legal framework of open (geo)data.
>>> A research document by Simone Aliprandi and Carlo Piana for
>>> FreeGIS.net Project:
>>> http://aliprandi.blogspot.it/2013/06/freegis-D51-opendata-legal-framework.html
>>> .
>>> Comments and sharing are welcome.
>>> Thanks. Bye, Simone
>>> --
>>> Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org
>>>
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