[HOT] Digital Globe releases imagery under CC0 - Public Domain for Ecuador - Thank you DG!

[Heather Leson]

Thanks Kevin and DG team.

Heather

Heather Leson
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On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM <
blake.girardot at hotosm.org> wrote:

> I am not sure if DG is on this lis or not, but they released their
> imagery post event for the Ecuador earthquake as Public Domain, CC0
> the best license for humanitarian data possible and I want to thank
> them for that.
>
> That made sure it got out and was immediately usable to the largest number
> of
> users as fast as possible and everyone was free to do whatever they
> wanted with it. That is a humanitarian License. CC0. It will also
> probably be usable forever going forward this way too. No one will
> ever have to ask DG again for permission to use that data again.
>
> Cheers to DG and I am starting a "Humanitarians for CC0" twitter
> effort hashtag #humanitarians4CC0
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Blake Girardot
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
> Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
> skype: jblakegirardot
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