Todd Fagin at OU did confirm this mintues ago, we're good to go. On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > >> Excellent! I'm able to read this. It's not *quite* in alignment, but >> it's close enough that I can conflate it easily on a case by case basis. >> But, looking at >> http://www.ou.edu/content/publicaffairs/webpolicies/termsofuse.html, I'm >> wondering if this is even a dataset that we can use, or if it's just >> typical boilerplate that is nullified by the Open Records Act. >> > > The section under copyright (below) seems to exclude use by OSM. It does > seem to be generic boilerplate to the site so they may give permission to > use the boundaries in OSM. I would recommend contacting them for permission. > > *Copyright.* The content, organization, graphics, design, compilation, > magnetic translation, digital conversion and other matters related to the > Site are protected under applicable copyrights, trademarks and other > proprietary (including but not limited to intellectual property) rights. > The commercial copying, redistribution, use or publication by you of any > such matters or any part of the Site is strictly prohibited. You do not > acquire ownership rights to any content, document or other materials viewed > through the Site. The posting of information or materials on the Site does > not constitute a waiver of any right in such information and materials. > > All Web sites and electronic publications must follow University and legal > standards regarding copyright. In general, Web publishers must secure > permission from the owner of the copyright when including copyrighted or > trademarked material, such as text, photographs, audio, video, graphics, > maps, or logos, and include a permission statement or disclaimer as > required by the owner of the copyright or trademark. Provisions of fair use > can allow restricted use of copyrighted materials without permission of the > copyright holder. The TEACH Act provides some extensions of fair use for > distance education. For more information on copyright, see the U.S. > Copyright Office Web site at www.copyright.gov. > > > Clifford > > -- > @osm_seattle > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch >
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