On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 16:45, Richard Symonds wrote:

> Perhaps I should rephrase my previous nonsensical reply:
> 
> Is this really OGL? I suppose it is, but the Flickr account seems to think 
> it's non-commercial...

Yes. It's published by the DCMS, and according to their website, it's Crown 
Copyright, and thus under the terms of the PSI Framework, is OGL.

http://www.dcms.gov.uk/copyright.aspx
http://www.dcms.gov.uk/7085.aspx#Flickr_policy

There's no indication on the Flickr page that it is owned by anyone other than 
the DCMS, and thus we have good reason to believe it's covered by the OGL. 
There is an existing license on the Flickr images, and reusers are free to 
reuse it under CC BY-NC-ND if they feel so inclined. But we've had other OGL 
images from other government departments that are also licensed on Flickr as 
some variant of CC that's not Commons compatible.

The DCMS are aware though, through Twitter and email. As are James Forrester 
and various other people who grok OGL.

-- 
Tom Morris
<http://tommorris.org/>


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