[OSM-talk] Canadian (Gov't supplied) vector data

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemeD.net
Thu Aug 3 16:37:10 BST 2006


Dan wrote:

> There are more restrictions than the US public domain TIGER data, and
> there are potential problems down the line with using it. They must be
> credited as a data source, which shouldn't cause too many issues, but
> also they can revoke the licence, meaning that the data itself and
> derivative data would need to be removed from OpenStreetMap.

I'm not sure they can. I thought that on first reading, but looking  
again, termination is only at the discretion of the Licensee (i.e.  
us), not the Licensor (Canada) _unless_ we break the agreement. Which  
we wouldn't.

I like the bit at the start: "This is a legal agreement between you  
(Licensee) and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (Canada)".  
That's the sort of Crown Copyright I can cope with. :)

cheers
Richard





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