Now I will ask a lawyer to give a final answer as I am not a lawyer but wanted to give my understanding of this.
My understanding is that data in India is copyrighted, as well as documents, including for instance RTI. However, if you add value to the data then you can share what you created. Though it is a debate whether digitization or moving data from one format to the other is adding value. HOwever, these are maps and documents, I believe it is ok. Section 52 in the CopyRightRules is all the exceptions. http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/CopyrightRules1957.pdf "(aa)106 the making of copies or adaptation of a computer programme by the lawful possessor of a copy of such computer programme, from such copy- (i) in order to utilise the computer programme for the purposes for which it was supplied; or (ii) to make back-up copies purely as a temporary protection against loss, destruction or damage in order only to utilise the computer programme for the purpose for which it was supplied;" 121A "(ab) the doing of any act necessary to obtain information essential for operating inter-operability of an independently created computer programme with other programmes by a lawful possessor of a computer programme provided that such inform" Again I am not a lawyer so you will have to check for specifics. On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Dilip Damle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello to all, > > Does anyone know the copyright status about the Parliamentary / Assembly > Shapefiles (before the delimitation. ) > that were once available from Election commission website > > I have the files and am tempted to use them to Extract State boundaries. > The advantages I see in them is > > 1. It is he only government source free data that I know of > > 2. It has the right level of vertex density for a layman / Thematic map > usage. > > There is no readme or any other metadata with the files. > > Rgds > > Dilip Damle > > (New Delhi) > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Nisha Thompson DataMeet.org [email protected] skype: nishaqt mobile: 962-061-2245 -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
