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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Whiskers" data-source="post: 859869" data-attributes="member: 6941">I don't mean to be inflammatory, and I apologize upfront if my post offends anyone:Why are we even discussing who should have access to this material????The whole point of declaring something as OGC is so that others can use that material (within legal constraints) freely. I'm more than a little concerned at the number of posts I've just read that seem to imply that this great tool is too dangerous to allow into &quot;just anyone's&quot; hands. The huge benefit I see to this project (if it ever happens) is that it has the potential to make using OGC material quick and easy. Yes, that can be a problem, but Sigil has suggested several ideas for limiting the potential damage - ideas which can be refined as needed. Also, his point of placing responsibility on publishers means that any publisher who sees the database as a competitive threat is free to not submit anything to it. As for someone else copying the db and trying to sell it: why should I pay for their copy, when I can sign into the original site?I hope this happens. I'd love to be able to login, spend an hour running queries for specific data I need, cut and paste it as needed, then logout. More importantly, I'd like to see OGC material that can really be used, not material that is declared OGC, but I then have to jump through hoops to get at it. That sounds a bit too much like wanting our cake and eating it too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sir Whiskers, post: 859869, member: 6941"] I don't mean to be inflammatory, and I apologize upfront if my post offends anyone: Why are we even discussing who should have access to this material???? The whole point of declaring something as OGC is so that others can use that material (within legal constraints) freely. I'm more than a little concerned at the number of posts I've just read that seem to imply that this great tool is too dangerous to allow into "just anyone's" hands. The huge benefit I see to this project (if it ever happens) is that it has the potential to make using OGC material quick and easy. Yes, that can be a problem, but Sigil has suggested several ideas for limiting the potential damage - ideas which can be refined as needed. Also, his point of placing responsibility on publishers means that any publisher who sees the database as a competitive threat is free to not submit anything to it. As for someone else copying the db and trying to sell it: why should I pay for their copy, when I can sign into the original site? I hope this happens. I'd love to be able to login, spend an hour running queries for specific data I need, cut and paste it as needed, then logout. More importantly, I'd like to see OGC material that can really be used, not material that is declared OGC, but I then have to jump through hoops to get at it. That sounds a bit too much like wanting our cake and eating it too. [/QUOTE]

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