The particular dataset I'm interested in right now is produced by a county-government consortium in California. I've got some rather imprecise verbal permission to import the shapes to OSM, but I doubt the legal authority of that person to do so.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 04:38:23PM -0500, Eric Ladner wrote: > True, one needs to be sure of data in your country. I assumed he was > in the United States, though, since he mentioned USGS data. > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > El Jueves, 25 de Septiembre de 2008, Eric Ladner escribió: > >> my understanding is that government produced GIS data is public and > >> not subject to copyright (since, actually you're the one that helped > >> pay for it, it's partially yours, too). > > > > It depends on your jurisdiction. In mine, data produced by government > > agencies > > is subject to copyright, but data released by any government body as part of > > any official statement (e.g. minutes from a meeting) is not. > > > > You might want to check the I.P. laws that apply in your territory and, if > > neccesary, find a lawyer to get legal advice. > > > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > ---------------------------------- > > Iván Sánchez Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Llevo meses pensando en ello, y... todavia no se me ha ocurrido > > > -- > Eric Ladner > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
