[OSM-legal-talk] City of Frisco, TX - Data Source

[Clifford Snow]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 7:50 PM, Frederic <fjulien99 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The City of Frisco has prepared this information for internal use only.  It
> is made available under the Public Information Act.  Any reliance on this
> information is AT YOUR OWN RISK. Frisco assumes no liability for any
> errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the information regardless of the
> cause of such or for any decision made, action taken, or action not taken
> in reliance upon any information provided herein.


I don't think there is enough information to make a determination if the
data can be used in OSM. The Texas Public Information Act PDF [1] allows
the distribute copyright material [2] which makes this data questionable.
My guess is this information isn't copyrighted but I think an email to the
GIS manager should clear it up. I've found most GIS departments very
supportive of OSM.

Maybe someone more familiar with Texas can help out.

If this information is compatible with use in OSM, don't forget to follow
the import guidelines.

Clifford

[1] https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/og/publicinfo_hb.pdf
[2] footnote 96: See Open Records Decision No. 660 at 5 (1999) (Federal
Copyright Act “may not be used to deny access to or copies of the
information sought by the requestor under the Public Information Act,” but
a governmental body may place reasonable restrictions on use of copyrighted
information consistent with rights of copyright owner).


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