Between the Poles: Towards a global licensing framework for geospatial data
by Geoff Zeiss, Between the Poles, May 17, 2012
…Earlier this week [Goeff Zeiss] attended a workshop at the GSDI 13 conference in Quebec City given by the GSDI Legal and Economic Working group, Bastiaan van Loenen and Katleen Janssen (and Graham Vowles who was not able to make the trip to Quebec), specifically aimed at developing a global licensing framework for geospatial data. The objective is to harmonize existing licensing without changing fundamental access policies and funding models and compatible with the differences in national legal systems. The roadmap for the working group is
- Review existing licensing frameworks.
- Determine the common elements.
- Conduct a workshop to reach preliminary agreement on a limited number of license terms and conditions that might be applied at a global level.
- Draft a licensing framework.
For full text of this meeting summary, visit Between the Poles: Towards a global licensing framework for geospatial data.
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