this means Nepal Govt license is incompatible with OdbL, and any other data source being derievative of this is subjected to Nepal Govt license.
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Michael Reichert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Amrit, > > Am 2015-05-24 um 11:45 schrieb amrit karmacharya: > > There has been a lot of discussion on license compatibility but i want to > > point out to the source. The VDC boundaries is property of Govt of Nepal, > > Survey Dept. Any other source is derivative and subjected to Nepal Govt. > > License. Nepal govt has released these data for free use after the > > earthquake, see > http://old.ngiip.gov.np/EARTHQUAKE2072/DataDownloader.html > > That only the half of the truth! > > http://old.ngiip.gov.np/EARTHQUAKE2072/DataDownloader.html says: > > The data can be used freely for earthquake disaster analysis purpose > > only by the organization who are working for disaster rescue and > > mapping activities of the disaster occurred due to the recent > > earthquake of 25th and 26th April, 2015. > > > > Use of this data set for any other purposes is strictly prohibited. > > This is not compatible to the Contributor Terms, ODbL and any other free > license (free as freedom). > > Best regards > > Michael > > > -- > Per E-Mail kommuniziere ich bevorzugt GPG-verschlüsselt. (Mailinglisten > ausgenommen) > I prefer GPG encryption of emails. (does not apply on mailing lists) > > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports > > -- Best Regards Amrit Karmacharya Instructor, Survey Officer Land Management Training Center
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