[OSM-legal-talk] Response from Hampshire County Council

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2012/6/11 Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>:
> In answer to the queries below, the data is free to use as is the OS
open data on their website.
...
> So in short, we believe the RoW data can be incorporated into
> OpenStreetmap as long as acknowledgement and copyright is shown from
> where it came and how can be used"


> So in summary it appears that the OS gave HCC specific permission to use
> this, and I'm guessing it's OK to use in OSM, but I am not in any sense of
> the word a legal expert so, what are people's opinions on this?


I am not a legal expert either, but their statements above seem clear
to me: if OS data is compatible with CT/ODBL also the HCC data should
be compatible.

cheers,
Martin