Fwd: Town of Banff Open Data!
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Hi there, just wanted to add ourselves to your Open Data listing (http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/) for municipalities.
Town of Banff Open Data (AB) – www.banffopendata.ca
Cheers,
Steve Steve Nelson | GISP
Geographic Information System Coordinator
Corporate Services
Town of Banff
Banff Town Hall, 110 Bear Street
Box 1260, Banff, Alberta, Canada T1L 1A1
P <a href="tel:403.762.1112" value="+14037621112" target="_blank">403.762.1112 F <a href="tel:403.762.1260" value="+14037621260" target="_blank">403.762.1260
-- Tracey P. Lauriault Post Doctoral Fellow Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
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Re: Fwd: Town of Banff Open Data!
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The license is NOT an Open Data license, so please do not put it on the http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/ list. The license also demands a blanket indemnification, which also makes it _not_ an Open Data license, and imposes an unreasonable burden on anyone using this data.Reasons: http://zzzoot.blogspot.ca/2010/07/its-not-open-data-so-stop-calling-it.html "Liability for Not Complying with Terms of Use - If, as a result of your breach of these Terms of Use, the Town gets sued or is required to pay someone money, you agree to protect the Town and reimburse the Town for everything which you cause the Town to suffer. This means that you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Town and all of its agents from any and all liabilities incurred in connection with any claim arising from any breach by you of these Terms of Use, including reasonable legal fees and costs. You agree to cooperate fully in the defence of any such claim. The Town reserves the right to assume, at its own expense, the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You agree not to settle any matter without the written consent of the Town." Until these things are fixed, it is NOT an Open Data license and should not be referred as one. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: Hi there, just wanted to add ourselves to your Open Data listing (http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/) for municipalities. -- - http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/ - _______________________________________________ CivicAccess-discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss |
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Hi Glen and all, I will check into this – we had originally copied the Vancouver license agreement back in the summer of 2012 when we first started looking at our open data initiative. At that time I thought it was pretty much the standard – looks like they’ve modified theirs since then. Cheers, From: Glen Newton [mailto:[hidden email]] The license is NOT an Open Data license, so please do not put it on the http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/ list. The license also demands a blanket indemnification, which also makes it _not_ an Open Data license, and imposes an unreasonable burden on anyone using this data. Until these things are fixed, it is NOT an Open Data license and should not be referred as one. -Glen On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: Hi there, just wanted to add ourselves to your Open Data listing (http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/) for municipalities. Town of Banff Open Data (AB) – www.banffopendata.ca Cheers, Steve Nelson | GISP Geographic Information System Coordinator Corporate Services Town of Banff Banff Town Hall, 110 Bear Street Box 1260, Banff, Alberta, Canada T1L 1A1 P <a href="tel:403.762.1112" target="_blank">403.762.1112 F <a href="tel:403.762.1260" target="_blank">403.762.1260
Tracey P. Lauriault Post Doctoral Fellow Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre http://datalibre.ca/
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Glen On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Nelson, Steve <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Hi Steve,
I just checked your terms of service and noticed you removed the terms involving indemnification and now the license does look like it is an Open Data license. Thanks for responding to the (constructive) criticism and congrats! :-) Thanks, Glen On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > That sounds good. You will likely have to run it through the lawyers to get > their updated approval. > As a lot of other Canadian jurisdictions have already made these changes, > it may be helpful to point them at those changes. > > Look forward to seeing this as Open Data! :-) > > Thanks, > Glen > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Nelson, Steve <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Hi Glen and all, >> >> I will check into this – we had originally copied the >> Vancouver license agreement back in the summer of 2012 when we first started >> looking at our open data initiative. At that time I thought it was pretty >> much the standard – looks like they’ve modified theirs since then. >> >> Cheers, >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Glen Newton [mailto:[hidden email]] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:12 PM >> To: civicaccess discuss >> Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Fwd: Town of Banff Open Data! >> >> >> >> The license is NOT an Open Data license, so please do not put it on the >> http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/ list. >> Reasons: >> http://zzzoot.blogspot.ca/2010/07/its-not-open-data-so-stop-calling-it.html >> >> The license also demands a blanket indemnification, which also makes it >> _not_ an Open Data license, and imposes an unreasonable burden on anyone >> using this data. >> >> "Liability for Not Complying with Terms of Use - If, as a result of your >> breach of these Terms of Use, the Town gets sued or is required to pay >> someone money, you agree to protect the Town and reimburse the Town for >> everything which you cause the Town to suffer. This means that you agree to >> defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Town and all of its agents from any >> and all liabilities incurred in connection with any claim arising from any >> breach by you of these Terms of Use, including reasonable legal fees and >> costs. You agree to cooperate fully in the defence of any such claim. The >> Town reserves the right to assume, at its own expense, the exclusive defence >> and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You >> agree not to settle any matter without the written consent of the Town." >> >> Until these things are fixed, it is NOT an Open Data license and should >> not be referred as one. >> >> >> >> -Glen >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi there, just wanted to add ourselves to your Open Data listing >> (http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/) for municipalities. >> >> Town of Banff Open Data (AB) – www.banffopendata.ca >> >> Cheers, >> Steve >> >> >> >> Steve Nelson | GISP >> >> Geographic Information System Coordinator >> >> Corporate Services >> >> Town of Banff >> >> Banff Town Hall, 110 Bear Street >> >> Box 1260, Banff, Alberta, Canada T1L 1A1 >> >> P 403.762.1112 F 403.762.1260 >> >> [hidden email] >> >> www.facebook.com/BanffTown >> >> www.banff.ca >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> >> Post Doctoral Fellow >> >> Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre >> >> https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault >> >> http://datalibre.ca/ >> 613-234-2805 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> - >> http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/ >> - >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > > > > -- > - > http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/ > - -- - http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/ - _______________________________________________ CivicAccess-discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss |
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