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closedThis thread is locked, and provides information on the two CityCyclingEdinburgh (CCE) forms which collect information about good and bad driving reported by cyclists. There is a separate thread HERE which is open for discussions and comments.
The two trackers are:
Report Poor Driving
Commend Good Driving
How do I use the forms?
The links above take you directly to the forms. You can reach this thread directly from the links on the right hand side of the CCE forum, or you can bookmark the forms directly. They work particularly well from smartphones. Be sure to select 'Submit' at the bottom of either form when you've finished, otherwise your information will not be saved.
Are submissions anonymous?
Yes, unless you identify yourself through what you write. Your IP address is not logged, the survey questions do not ask for your information and CCE will not attempt to work out who you are. Caveat: the data is freely available, so it might be possible for your data to be identified through cross-referencing with other media (newspapers, your posts on forums, etc) based on the incident described.
What will happen to data I submit?
All information submitted through the forms is stored on a spreadsheet. This spreadsheet will be freely available to any individual or organisations that request it and who agree to the GPL licence protecting the data (see below). Subject to that licence, they may do what they wish with the data. CCE will also conduct analysis on the information, and attempt to use it to further the cause of cyclists.
How can I get hold of the data?
For now, email rob (at) darkerside (dot) org with the subject line 'Request for Good Driver data' or 'Request for Bad Driver data'. You'll get an email back with the licence detail, and your reply to that will be taken as agreement of that licence, and I'll send across a copy of the spreadsheet. Sorry that's a bit convoluted, but we believe protecting your information is important. If you use another email subject line, you'll still get a copy of the licence, but I'll have to send it manually rather than using email wizardry, so it might take a bit longer.
What is the GPL Licence, and how does it apply to data?
This is long, and important! It's also very easy to comply with so long as you don't attempt to copyright any material you publish which uses our free data.
In short, the GNU General Public Licence exists to ensure that free stuff (and any stuff which builds upon that free stuff) remains free. It is normally applied to software, but also works for documents and databases. The licence is as follows:
This data is free information: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This data is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You will receive a copy of the GNU General Public License
via email when you request a copy of the data. You can also find a copy at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
To receive the data, you must confirm you accept this licence in full, usually via email. If your subsequent use of the data breaches this licence, you (or your organisation) will be given a single warning via the email address you requested the data from. If the issue is not then resolved, a breach of licence will be reported to GNU and their investigations fully supported. This tends to result in the same outcome as any other breach of copyright.
Read the licence in full. We believe the key elements in applying the GPL to data are:
You are free to use the data for any purpose
You are free to distribute the data to anyone, for any purpose
You are free to analyse and publish analysis of the data in any way, for any purpose
You may not use any licence other than the GPL to cover any work which uses the data, or analysis of the data. It is acceptable to only apply the GPL to the article rather than the entire publication. The use of this licence must be obvious within the article. (ie the condition of using our free stuff is that your stuff must also be free)
If you publish conclusions based on the data, the analysis you used to get to reach that conclusion must also be freely available
Nothing about the word free in this sense implies that you may not charge for your work (although someone else may pay for your work, and subsequently distribute it without charging for it)
We're happy to debate these interpretations, but would strongly suggest this takes place early on...
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