I found their agreement here: http://citymaps.durban.gov.za/license_agreement.htm
Perhaps that helps others here with their advice. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Grant Slater <openstreet...@firefishy.com> wrote: > Legal, > > On behalf of OpenStreetMap I asked a large city council (Durban, South > Africa) for permission use their online mapping website to find the > official names for roads and features we are missing. I also asked for > permission (expecting to be denied) to use the shapefiles on their > public FTP site. > http://citymaps.durban.gov.za/ > > Their reply from the head of their corporate GIS department: > "You may use any of our data for your project. Note that the online map > is very up-to-date (seldom more than 1 to 2 weeks old), whereas the FTP > site is only updated infrequently." > > AFAIK, they own all their own GIS data, unlike councils in the UK. > > Advice... > > Should I; thank them and go ahead and plan a full import of their data? > (yay) > > Or > > Should I follow-up with a few question before proceeding? Licence, > attribution, do-you-really-mean-what-you-just-said... etc etc. What > questions? > > / Grant > > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-t...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
