[OSM-talk-be] KBO

[Glenn Plas]

Nope, we can't.  The license is incompatible with OSM.   It's too
restrictive.
http://economie.fgov.be/nl/modules/publications/kbo/licence_open_data.jsp

I investigated this about a half year ago.  They call it open data but
they impose restriction on the usage.  I downloaded it back then and
gave as intended use : "creating a webapp".  It's a bit silly because
you can keep it very generic but it's too limiting to be a real opendata
license.

They used to sell this DB for a small fee of about 70K euro's in the
past, probably still a relic of clinging on reselling data that in
essence is 'ours' to begin with.

See also the cookbook:
http://economie.fgov.be/nl/binaries/Cookbook%20KBO%20Open%20Data%201.0.0_nl_2_tcm325-246659.pdf

I've considered using this data to augment up the GRB data on import,
but decided against it.

Glenn


On 16-02-17 10:37, Killian De Volder wrote:
> Does anyone know if we are allowed to use
> http://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/zoeknummerform.html ?
> 
> I would read some of the policies on their site, but all the links are broken.
> 
> If nobody knows, I could send an email to the department to ask.
> 
> Regards,
> Killian
> 
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