[open-government] GIS Data and Licenses

Mon Sep 12 09:01:18 UTC 2011

Il 09/12/2011 09:24 AM, Jan Willem van Eck ha scritto:
> Some inline comments!<<>>  Cheers, Jw.

Thanks :)

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> I believe that, in geo-data field, is better always use a license
> compatible with the OpenStreetMap data.
> Only because this is the biggest example of open geo-data collected by a
> community, and can be usefull for the public administration compare the
> data and understand if there is a return.
>
> In any case i don't  like to suggest to a public administration the use
> of a "restrictive" license (like the  "share a like" restriction).
> Only because the data payed with the taxes must improve the innovation.
>
> <<>>  I do not understand this line of thinking. What do you mean by 'return'?

Sorry
I expressed myself badly.
and my english is bad.
You can substitute the word 'return' with 'reward', 'pay back', 'return 
of investiment'