On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Gregory Arenius <greg...@arenius.com> > wrote: > > > I read this as saying that the terms of use, which are there as a hold > > harmless waiver, don't grant any rights. It specifically states that if > the > > city is claiming copyright on the data it will do so in the file or on > the > > website that the file is accessed from. The file in question has no such > > claims. > > Ok, well argued. > > > My understanding is that I am legally entitled to grant that license > because > > the city isn't claiming copyright on the data. Its public domain and as > > such can be added. I think the current draft of the CTs was changed to > > accommodate such things. > > One thing I'm curious about is the terms about indemnifying the City > of SF against possible harm resulting from using the data. Let's say > hypothetically that some third party uses the data that you > incorporated into OSM, crashed their car due to bad data, and > hypothetically they could sue someone over it. Now the OSM license > disclaims liability (on the part of OSMF?) but does that other > idemnification apply? (Actually I'm not sure what I'm asking actually > makes sense.) > > I understand your question and it does make sense. I'd think if they used our data under a license that disclaims liability that that would be the end of it but..... Cheers, Gregory Arenius
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