On 2014-06-29 1:33 AM, Lukas Sommer wrote:
Hello.
Reliefweb is a service of the United Nations, that contains maps,
mostly concerning regions where have been desaster and where
humanitairian aid is necessary.
Their permission can be found here: http://reliefweb.int/map_permission
Is it possible to use this for OSM?
Specially 2 points are interesting:
– ReliefWeb maps cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways
which are inconsistent with the Organization's mission (see “About
ReliefWeb” for details).
– All maps must be credited as follows: “Based on OCHA/ReliefWeb”
Is this really acceptable for OSM?
If by use you mean upload content to the API based on it, then yes.
The attribution clause might be a concern, but is unclear enough that it
might not.
The discriminatory clause prohibiting marketing and "ways that are
inconsistent" is inherently non-open and incompatible with release under
any open license. If you're using in the original form, there are
further issues (prior permission required, etc)
Although not significant, given the above issues, I do note they also
don't give any permissions for use on mobile devices like Garmins, use
with audio, or anything else that's not print or online.
If you're aware of any ReliefWeb content that has been imported into
OSM, please let the Data Working Group know at d...@osmfoundation.org
and we'll look into it.
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