<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hi,</div><div>The old license was more restrictive so I guess that was the reason. I see a ticket has been made to include them in the future.</div><div>Thanks for responding.</div><div>Nicolas</div><div><br>Le 16 sept. 2018 à 03:45, Saulteau Don <<a href="mailto:sault.don@gmail.com">sault.don@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Yea, it's been licensed like that for a while now I thought and they are at <a href="http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b3534942-31ea-59cf-bcc3-f8dc4875081a">http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b3534942-31ea-59cf-bcc3-f8dc4875081a</a> without having to create and register an account at NRCAN to get them, unless they're different and I missed something. i put in the original request to make them open =)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Not sure why they got placed under non-free. Maybe it's the liability clause that makes them non-free or not 'true' open data.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:59 AM Nicolas Cadieux <<a href="mailto:nicolas.cadieux@archeotec.ca">nicolas.cadieux@archeotec.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>According to your web site (see below) Canada’s NTv2.0 grid shift files are considered non-free Grids. I have recently been in contact with NRCAN regarding this fact and they have confirm that the license of the file is now considered Open under Canada’s Open Data license. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada" target="_blank">https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada</a></div><div><br></div><div>We are now “...<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> free to </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div>I am there proposing that Canada’s outdated NTv1.0 file should be removed from the proj packages and be replaced by the NTv2.0 grids. I can provide the new license, the contacts at NRCAN, if needed, and the latest NTv2.0 file in order to facilitate the proposed changes.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are responsible for this part of the project or if there is a more formal way of asking this change, please contact me directly.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Nicolas Cadieux</div><div><br></div><div>Btw, the link below for the file no longer works. I will provide a new link if needed during a transition period.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://proj4.org/resource_files.html" target="_blank">https://proj4.org/resource_files.html</a></div><div><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:19px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“Non-Free Grids<a class="m_-4030187664073882631headerlink" href="https://proj4.org/resource_files.html#non-free-grids" title="Permalink to this headline" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1" target="_blank"></a></span></h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:24px;margin:0px 0px 24px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Not all grid shift files have licensing that allows them to be freely distributed, but can be obtained by users through free and legal methods.</span></p><div class="m_-4030187664073882631section" id="m_-4030187664073882631canada-ntv2-0" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Canada NTv2.0<a class="m_-4030187664073882631headerlink" href="https://proj4.org/resource_files.html#canada-ntv2-0" title="Permalink to this headline" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1" target="_blank"></a></span></h4><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:24px;margin:0px 0px 24px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Although NTv1 grid shifts are provided freely with PROJ, the higher-quality NTv2.0 file needs to be downloaded from Natural Resources Canada. More info: <a class="m_-4030187664073882631reference m_-4030187664073882631external" href="http://www.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/tools-outils/ntv2_e.php" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">http://www.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/tools-outils/ntv2_e.php</a>.”</span></p></div></div><div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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