On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net> wrote: > At 2011-03-23 04:22, Dale Puch wrote: > > A quick note, do not confuse public records as always meaning public > domain. > Some states may not have laws specifically preventing agencies from claiming > copyright, not apply to all levels of government, or have exceptions to > which works. > IE. I think it was Michigan that specifically copyrights it's gis data. > Some "offical" state clearinghouses may claim copyright on what should be > public domain from the various agencies. > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources#U.S. is the best > compilation of sources and notes about them I know of for our use. I would > suggest to update it with any information you come up with. > > Hasn't there been recent case law, though, that enforces a federal principle > (?) that any data produced by a government agency must be public domain > (excepting obvious things like national security)? Wasn't Santa Clara > County, California sued successfully?
We have a long way to go before we can presume that all data on a gov web site is Open Data. Some sites include "data from partners" or purchased from data providers which won't necessarily be PD-equivalent. We still have to ask. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
