In 2020, the Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME) made a statement in regard to the CC:BY 4.0 datasets made available through their Queensland Spatial Catalogue (including their Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB)).

Nemanja Bracko posted the statement at https://github.com/microsoft/Open-Maps/issues/49

Can I highlight this passage from DNRME’s statement:

“data accessible from the Queensland Spatial Data Catalogue […] licensed under the […] CC:BY 4.0 licence […] permits OpenStreetMap to copy and redistribute the data, and remix, transform and build upon the data for any purpose”

This statement is expressing DNRME’s intent in respect of their CC BY 4.0 data. It essentially functions as the “explicit permission for use in OpenStreetMap from licensors of CC BY databases and data” contemplated in https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-data/

Additionally, section 2.a.5.B of CC:BY 4.0 contemplates “Technological Effective Measures”, but the DNRME’s view is that Technological Effective Measures are no matter: DNRME also permits its CC:BY 4.0 data for any purpose.

Thank you, Nemanja, for making the enquiry and posting the DNRME’s response.

I took a well-earned break from stirring up licencing what-ifs to add in the new extension from Robina to Varsity Lakes station. A special shuttle train was running today (with me taking advantage), and revenue service commences in about 7 hours' time. So, time to flick the switch from "railway=construction" to "=rail"!

osm.org/browse/changeset/3362109