[Talk-ca] Open Data for Airdrie AB

[James]

ODBL also has the annoying part where the data has to be fully licensed by
the data provider: if city buys data from 3rd party and they still retain
rights on it, then it becomes a problem

On Tue., Apr. 23, 2019, 12:09 p.m. Jarek Piórkowski, <jarek at piorkowski.ca>
wrote:

> IANAL but as I understand it, you would have to have them release the
> data as public domain, under CC0, or under Open Database License (the
> latter is the OSM license). I don't think something like "permission
> for use in OpenStreetMap" would be sufficient, as the OSM licensing is
> intended to also allow use of OSM data in other projects.
>
> Some links:
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#2b._XYZ_Organisation_has_data_for_free_download_under_licence_N._Can_I_use_it_in_OSM.3F
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Licence_Compatibility
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/ODbL_Compatibility
>
> --Jarek
>
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 11:56, Joshua Kenney <kenney_45 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > If I can obtain explicit permission from the city, would I still need to
> > wait for the LWG approval?
> >
> > --Joshua
> >
> > On 2019-04-22 16:03, Jarek Piórkowski wrote:
> > > Hi Joshua,
> > >
> > > Welcome to OSM, and thank you for your contributions!
> > >
> > > To answer your first question: the non-building data sets (parks,
> > > address points, bus stops, etc) are not currently importable without
> > > further effort: we would have to get that exact licence (with text
> > > including "City of Airdrie") approved by the OSM Licensing Working
> > > Group. I don't know if the LWG would object to the attribution
> > > requirements, possibly not, but the approval itself might take quite a
> > > while anyway, as lawyer things don't move fast.
> > >
> > > --Jarek
> > >
> > > On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 at 15:42, Joshua Kenney <kenney_45 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >> Hello everybody!
> > >> Relatively new mapper here.  I've been working on mapping my home
> town, and a couple of other places I've been, for the past 3 or 4 months.
> > >>
> > >> I have found that my city of Airdrie, AB has a number of datasets
> available under an Open Data Licence:
> > >>
> > >> http://data-airdrie.opendata.arcgis.com/pages/our-open-licence
> > >> The licence terms look straight forward enough, are there any
> additional steps I need to take to confirm compatibility with OSM?
> > >>
> > >> One of the datasets includes building footprints.  Would importing
> that get in the way of the import of the national data? Where can I access
> the national data to compare the quality?
> > >>
> > >> --Joshua
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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