<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 11:42 AM Mike N <<a href="mailto:niceman@att.net">niceman@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 12/20/2021 10:38 AM, Mike Thompson wrote:<br>
> My non-lawyer interpretation of this is that the government body, in <br>
> this case Linn County Iowa, can set whatever terms and conditions they <br>
> want for accessing the GIS database (presumably the whole database, or a <br>
> substantial part of), but must allow for retrieval of specific <br>
> (individual) records from that database for a reasonable rate (and gives <br>
> no indication as to what terms and conditions/license might apply to <br>
> those specific records once in the hands of the requestor).<br>
> <br>
> Given this, in my view it would be best if a county official who has the <br>
> authority to do so, would give explicit permission for including their <br>
> data in OSM. An example email/letter is on the wiki[1]<br>
<br>
Or if they're willing to license under the terms of one of the "open <br>
data license" choices for Arcgis: PDDL or ODBL. This setting can be <br>
found in the {ever mysterious and hard to locate} settings page in the <br>
Arcgis data portal.<br></blockquote><div>Agree!</div><div><br></div></div></div>