[OSM-talk] CORINE land cover data

[Lennard]

> Hello, in this
> page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Corine_Land_Cover it
> says "Until now, the terms of use did not allow commercial use unless the
> Agency has expressly granted the right to do so [2]", but if you go to
> link [2], it says "Unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the
> EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of
> charge, provided that the source is acknowledged." Is our wiki
> out-of-date? CLC data can now be used in OSM (not only in France and other
> specific areas)? --Oscar

We (OSM contributors) already have a blanket permission to use any data
not specifically restricted on the EEA website.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/European_Environment_Agency

Also see the thread at

http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2010-June/000584.html

The caveat here is that the CLC 2006 dataset is not publicly available
through the EEA website.

-- 
Lennard