[Imports] Redmond WA Address Import proposal

[Greg Troxel]

Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> writes:

> This is a standard boilerplate disclaimer of warranty in the U.S. At
> least eight other imports have already taken place under the condition
> that we repost a similar disclaimer on [1]. Some of them make clear
> that the reason for this disclaimer is that they don't want to be held
> to the same legal standard as a legal survey in cases of property
> disputes. I am not a lawyer either, but let's not jump to the
> conclusion that merely respecting the county's disclaimer means we're
> left holding the bag: we have a disclaimer of warranty too: [2]

There is a difference between disclaiming warranty and indemnification.
I see a disclaimer as fine, and indemnification as not ok. 

And, in this case, it's not just that we can have a disclaimer.  These
terms are required to be followed when OSM redistributes, under the text
ofthe King County license as I read it.

>> Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through your use of
>> our Services is done at your own discretion and risk, and you will
>> be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss
>> of data that results from the download of any such material. You
>> agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the deletion
>> of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any content or
>> communication maintained by the service. We retain the right to
>> create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time
>> with or without notice. 
 
That seems ok -- that's a disclaimer only.  It doesn't say that the
downloading person agrees to pay any claim brought by third parties.
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