<div dir="auto"><div>Given that this is a US county agency, I take it they view the data as public domain. That's a pretty common view for government entities in the US.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:14 PM Mateusz Konieczny <<a href="mailto:matkoniecz@tutanota.com">matkoniecz@tutanota.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>But license is still needed, right?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Or is it OK to interpret "Agency has no objections"<br></div><div>as "sounds like CC0" (I would not do this but maybe...)?<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Oct 9, 2020, 20:40 by <a href="mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">legal-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>:<br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid #93a3b8;padding-left:10px;margin-left:5px"><div dir="ltr">Yes, it's fine. That is simply a disclaimer, not a limitation on use.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 11:14 AM <lobstereatery@airmail.cc> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Hello,<br></div><div> <br></div><div> I have been in contact with the Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning<br></div><div> Agency (SOCPA), an Onondaga County NY agency, about the licensing of a<br></div><div> building footprint layer they have. My intention was to import this<br></div><div> layer after further review by the OSM community and myself. After<br></div><div> contacting the agency head about a possible waiver for OSM use ( along<br></div><div> the lines of<br></div><div> <a rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Getting_permission#Letter_Template_1" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Getting_permission#Letter_Template_1</a><br></div><div> ), I received this response:<br></div><div> <br></div><div> The Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency has no objections to<br></div><div> geodata derived in part from the "Onondaga County Building Footprints"<br></div><div> layer being incorporated into the OpenStreetMap project geodata<br></div><div> database and displayed publicly on the map. By using the data,<br></div><div> however, the OpenStreetMap project agrees that Onondaga County makes no<br></div><div> claim as to the usefulness, accuracy or completeness of the county's<br></div><div> building footprint file, and the county will not be held responsible<br></div><div> for any omissions or inaccuracies. This data is provided as is and<br></div><div> there is no guarantee that it is suitable for any particular purpose. <br></div><div> Your use of the data is at your own risk. <br></div><div> <br></div><div> Is this licensing favorable for use by the OSM community?<br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> _______________________________________________<br></div><div> legal-talk mailing list<br></div><div> <a href="mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">legal-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br></div><div> <a rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk</a><br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div> </div>
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