[Talk-GB] help on downloading from data.gov data

Graham Seaman graham at theseamans.net
Tue Sep 28 15:22:56 UTC 2021


On 28/09/2021 10:48, David Woolley wrote:>
> Incidentally I'd have reservations about cross checking this against
> other data sources.  That feels like business use, which is not allowed
> by the standard licence.  I think the only acceptable use of cross
> checking might be to evaluate the completeness, without using it as a hint.
> 
> Creating OSM is a business for copyright and database rights purposes.
> 

Is this a serious comment? (I have no experience with this so can't
tell). Hounslow Council release two different sets of data about (some
of) the same trees, and the licence says combining them is not allowed?

Graham



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