Posted by
Russell McOrmond-2 on
Feb 04, 2006; 4:23pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/link-to-MP-from-ISF-pages-tp211p241.html
Daniel Haran wrote:
> It's kind of absurd to me that our electoral data is half-free. The
> idea that if I put all of this data on my website it's OK, but if I
> send you an entire copy of the data, and charge you for it, I'm
> somehow in need of a license. As if a customer of mine coudln't
> simply download their own data set. Oh well, for now we can play with
> free maps :)
This is what is expected, and is one huge leap forward. It is
effectively an Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Canada license, which would
be great for Elections Canada to document formally with a license rather
than via a "verbal"-like agreement.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ca/ Releasing the information into the public domain, where commercial
uses can be made of it without interacting with Elections Canada, would
surprise me. It is an ideal goal (It is what the US does), but it is a
big change from the draconian license used for the PCFRF (Postal Code to
Federal Riding) data file.
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