Serge, It reads to me as if the "must" is a condition on the use of the name "MarinMap", not a condition on the use of the data.
Best Dan 2014-10-31 11:08 GMT+00:00 Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]>: > The minute you use the word "MUST", it's not a request, it's a demand. > If the data was public domain, there would be no restrictions. > > Also, no where on the page does it use the word "Public domain", nor > in any of the data I downloaded, does it have a license listed. > > Therefore it falls back to plain old copyright. > > - Serge > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2014-10-31 11:54 GMT+01:00 Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]>: >>> >>> So let me explain why it's contradictory. Public domain is a term of >>> art. If something is public domain, you can place *no* restrictions on >>> it. You can't say that there's a requirement for attribution. You can >>> even take a public domain work and claim copyright ownership over it. >> >> >> >> Serge, by looking at their reply I'm not sure it contains any restrictions: >> >>> "You may download public domain data from the MarinMap GIS data download >>> site. >>> >>> You do not need a license to use public domain data. >>> >>> You may acknowledge “MarinMap” as the original source, but you MUST state >>> that MarinMap has no responsibility or warranty regarding data after they >>> have entered the public domain. >>> >>> You may use the legalese from the disclaimer web page to facilitate >>> writing a disclaimer. >>> >>> URL of the disclaimer page: >>> http://www.marinmap.org/dnn/Pages/LegalNoticeDisclaimer.aspx"; >> >> >> >> They say you might (even though you don't have to) attribute them, but if >> you attribute you must make clear that there is no implied warranty. >> >> On the linked page they also state: "Most map data, especially parcels, are >> not survey precise." >> this is a hint that the quality might not be as good as what we typically >> have in OSM (at least in areas which haven't suffered from bad imports) >> >> cheers, >> Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports _______________________________________________ Imports mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
