[OSM-legal-talk] Import licensing waiver

[Mateusz Konieczny]

But license is still needed, right?

Or is it OK to interpret "Agency has no objections"
as "sounds like CC0" (I would not do this but maybe...)?


Oct 9, 2020, 20:40 by legal-talk at openstreetmap.org:

> Yes, it's fine. That is simply a disclaimer, not a limitation on use.
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 11:14 AM <lobstereatery at airmail.cc> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>  
>>  I have been in contact with the Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning
>>  Agency (SOCPA), an Onondaga County NY agency, about the licensing of a
>>  building footprint layer they have. My intention was to import this
>>  layer after further review by the OSM community and myself. After
>>  contacting the agency head about a possible waiver for OSM use ( along
>>  the lines of
>>  >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Getting_permission#Letter_Template_1
>>  ), I received this response:
>>  
>>  The Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency has no objections to
>>  geodata derived in part from the "Onondaga County Building Footprints"
>>  layer being incorporated into the OpenStreetMap project geodata
>>  database and displayed publicly on the map.  By using the data,
>>  however, the OpenStreetMap project agrees that Onondaga County makes no
>>  claim as to the usefulness, accuracy or completeness of the county's
>>  building footprint file, and the county will not be held responsible
>>  for any omissions or inaccuracies. This data is provided as is and
>>  there is no guarantee that it is suitable for any particular purpose. 
>>  Your use of the data is at your own risk. 
>>  
>>  Is this licensing favorable for use by the OSM community?
>>  
>>  
>>  
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