http://weait.com/category/post/open-data-commons The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://weait.com/content/unintended-restrictions <p><img src="http://weait.com/files/lighthouse-ccby-DaveBleasdale-cropped.png" /><br /> Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver have joined the municipal open data movement. They show vision in recognizing that providing detailed information about their cities is good for their citizens, the environment and the local economy. They should be feted for their leadership. Thank you, Canadian cities, for believing in Open Data. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://weait.com/content/unintended-restrictions">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://weait.com/content/unintended-restrictions#comments Edmonton Edmontorcouver municipal data ODC Open Data Open Data Commons OpenStreetMap osm PDDL Toronto Vancouver Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:12:41 -0400 rw 112 at http://weait.com http://weait.com/content/plain-language-license-summaries <p><img src="http://weait.com/files/ODbL-summary.png" /><br /> <a href="http://www.asklater.com/matt/wordpress/">Matt Amos</a> contributed a great <a href="http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/">plain language summary</a> to <a href="http://www.opendatacommons.org/">Open Data Commons</a> for the <a href="http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/">ODbL</a>. I'm hoping to see similar documents for the <a href="http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/">PDDL</a> and for the <a href="http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/">ODC-By</a> when it comes out of draft. </p> <p>Rather than waiting, I modified the existing document to draft two new plain language summaries. One for the PDDL and another for the ODC-By draft. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://weait.com/content/plain-language-license-summaries">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://weait.com/content/plain-language-license-summaries#comments license ODbL ODC-By Open Data Open Data Commons PDDL Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:18:02 -0400 rw 111 at http://weait.com