[Talk-us] Karlruhe Scheme addressing ways from 2009 TIGER data
Russ Nelson
nelson at crynwr.com
Sat Nov 14 14:32:46 GMT 2009
Anthony writes:
> As for why they don't put restrictions on the data, that's likely
> because (under Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service) it can't
> be copyrighted under US law in the first place.
The *data* can't be copyrighted, but the format and presentation of it
can. But then again, whenever we import into OSM we necessary remove
the copyrightable elements, so no worries, mate.
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