[open-government] OGL-Canada proposal feedback from the Open Definition Advisory Council

Sat Feb 2 03:35:46 UTC 2013

Hi Kent,

Im in complete agreement with you on the compatibility issue.  The
Australian Governments', through AusGOAL, would be happy to provide
support, assistance, insight, for the Canadian Governments if their
position changes.

We are also similar in that we both operate under a federal system.

Cheers

b

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On 2 February 2013 05:37, Kent Mewhort <kent at openissues.ca> wrote:

>  On 13-02-01 07:21 AM, Baden Appleyard wrote:
>
> Id be curious to know from anyone involved... were the Creative Commons
> licences, or the CC-BY licence, ever discussed as likely candidates for use
> by the Canadian Government.
>
> CC licenses were definitely brought to the attention of the Canadian
> government and proposed as a solution by myself and others; however, I
> don't think they ever came as close as being "likely candidates".  From the
> limited feedback I was able to get, the issue is not so much a problem with
> any particular term in CC licences but rather the government's desire to
> maintain control of the licence.
>
>
>
>  I must admit to concerns about continuing 'open licence' proliferation.
>
> Absolutely.  Moreover, even though the responsible Minister stated that
> this licence is supposed to be compatible with CC, I'm not 100% convinced
> it actually achieves this (further details here for anyone who's
> interested:
> http://www.creativecommons.ca/en/open-government-canada-licence).
>
> Kent
>
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