>From memory, those 2001 ECI shapefiles came with a MIT license that was clearly mentioned on the download page then.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Avinash Celestine < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > To add to what Nisha said, this is what the copyright act says about work > produced by the govt ( i am not a lawyer either) > > > > > > > > > > > *(k) "Government work" means a work which is made or published by or under > the direction or control of- (i) the Government or any department of the > Government; 17.First owner of copyright. -Subject to the provisions of this > Act, the author of a work shall be the first owner of the copyright > thereinProvided that- ....(d) in the case of a Government work, Government > shall, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be the first owner > of the copyright therein;* > > My (legally illiterate) reading of this is that unless the govt > specifically says it is waiving copyright for anything it does, the > copyright is assumed to persist. Subject to the fair use clauses outlined > in the previous mail of course > > > regards > Avinash > > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Now I will ask a lawyer to give a final answer as I am not a lawyer but >> wanted to give my understanding of this. >> >> My understanding is that data in India is copyrighted, as well as >> documents, including for instance RTI. However, if you add value to the >> data then you can share what you created. Though it is a debate whether >> digitization or moving data from one format to the other is adding value. >> >> HOwever, these are maps and documents, I believe it is ok. Section 52 in >> the CopyRightRules is all the exceptions. >> >> http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/CopyrightRules1957.pdf >> >> "(aa)106 the making of copies or adaptation of a computer programme by >> the lawful possessor of a >> copy of such computer programme, from such copy- >> (i) in order to utilise the computer programme for the purposes for which >> it was supplied; or >> (ii) to make back-up copies purely as a temporary protection against >> loss, destruction or damage in >> order only to utilise the computer programme for the purpose for which it >> was supplied;" >> 121A "(ab) the doing of any act necessary to obtain information essential >> for operating inter-operability of an independently created computer >> programme with other programmes by a lawful possessor of a >> computer programme provided that such inform" >> >> Again I am not a lawyer so you will have to check for specifics. >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Dilip Damle <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello to all, >>> >>> Does anyone know the copyright status about the Parliamentary / Assembly >>> Shapefiles (before the delimitation. ) >>> that were once available from Election commission website >>> >>> I have the files and am tempted to use them to Extract State boundaries. >>> The advantages I see in them is >>> >>> 1. It is he only government source free data that I know of >>> >>> 2. It has the right level of vertex density for a layman / Thematic map >>> usage. >>> >>> There is no readme or any other metadata with the files. >>> >>> Rgds >>> >>> Dilip Damle >>> >>> (New Delhi) >>> >>> -- >>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >>> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "datameet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Nisha Thompson >> DataMeet.org >> [email protected] >> skype: nishaqt >> mobile: 962-061-2245 >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
