Treasury Board President Tony Clement has confirmed in a tweet that the federal government’s non-commercial crown copyright licence remains available. He indicates that a notice to this effect will be posted shortly. I blogged about the removal of the licence with the change in how the government handles crown copyright licensing requests.
Clement Confirms Canadian Non-Commercial Crown Copyright Licence Still Available
December 2, 2013
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Any reason for the alliteration?
The first six words (except for the “non-” prefix to “commercial” all begin with C.
Non-Commercial Crown Copyright Licence
As of January 17 2014, I have not found any notice that this licence is still in effect.
Any idea where the notice may be found if in fact one was ever posted?