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Hi James,<br>
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<div>but I did receive approval from the city that
we could import data from <a
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href="http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset"
target="_blank">data.ottawa.ca/dataset</a>.
Which I documented here: <br>
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href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:Ontario:Ottawa/Import/Permission"
target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:Ontario:Ottawa/Import/Permission</a><br>
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I'm not a legal expert, but I think that OSM would have trouble with
some of the licence terms, such as
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ottawa.ca/en/mobile-apps-and-open-data/terms-use#terms">http://ottawa.ca/en/mobile-apps-and-open-data/terms-use#terms</a> —<br>
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<blockquote><b>Liability for not complying with Terms of Use</b><br>
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If, as a result of your breach of these Terms of Use, the City
gets sued or is required to pay someone money, you agree to
protect the City and reimburse the City for everything which you
cause the City to suffer. This means that you agree to defend,
indemnify, and hold harmless the City and all of its agents from
any and all liabilities incurred in connection with any claim
arising from any breach by you of these Terms of Use, including
reasonable legal fees and costs. You agree to cooperate fully in
the defence of any such claim. The City reserves the right to
assume, at its own expense, the exclusive defence and control of
any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You agree
not to settle any matter without the written consent of the City.<br>
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<b>Cancellation for non-compliance</b><br>
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The City may, in its sole discretion, cancel or suspend your
access to the datasets without notice and for any reason,
including anything which the City, in its sole discretion,
believes is a breach of these Terms of Use or is otherwise
unlawful or harmful to others. In the event of cancellation or
suspension, you will no longer be authorized to use or reproduce
these datasets, and the City may use any means possible to enforce
its decision. Such cancellation or suspension will not affect any
person who has received the datasets from you and who is otherwise
in compliance with these Terms of Use.<br>
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So it looks like the City could sue OSM if someone uses the map in
Ottawa, gets lost or falls in the canal, and sues the City. It also
looks like the city reserves the right to suspend use of the data,
and may be able to enforce this.<br>
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Ottawa's licence looks a lot like the first wave of Canadian Open
Data licences, and these were absolutely not usable in OSM.<br>
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Best Wishes,<br>
Stewart<br>
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