Good work! :) - Svavar Kjarrval
On 21/02/13 03:31, Ian Dees wrote: > Hi imports, > > Earlier last year I downloaded the Chicago building footprints > shapefile [0] from the Chicago data portal, chopped it into manageable > bits and started importing it into OSM. Halfway through the process of > merging and uploading this data I read the data portal's license [1] > closer, discovering a clause that makes the datasets offered there > incompatible with OSM. The troublesome clause allows the City of > Chicago to require removal of any City data at any point in the future: > > "The City may require a user of this data to terminate any and all > display, distribution or other use of any or all of the data provided > at this website for any reason including, without limitation, > violation of these Terms of Use or other terms as defined by City > agencies or departments contributing data to this website." > > When I noticed this I immediately stopped uploading data and began a > conversation with the city's data team to discuss ways OSM could move > forward with using the datasets listed on the portal. > > After several months of phone calls, meetings, and waiting, I'm > pleased to announce that the City of Chicago has started to release > some of its datasets under the MIT license on GitHub: [2]. > > As a result of this new license, I will be able to continue importing > the excellent buildings and address data into OSM (more on that later) > and businesses will be able to use this data in their apps and tools > without worrying about an untested license. > > I'm pretty excited about this, as Chicago is seen as a leader in > municipal data and other OSM/Open Data folks can point to this as > proof that open licensing is a very important part of open data. > > -Ian > > [0] https://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Building-Footprints/w2v3-isjw > [1] http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/narr/foia/data_disclaimer.html > [2] https://github.com/chicago/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
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