Mike Thompson <[email protected]> writes: > There is also this, which seems to be problematic: > You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless King County and its > officers, directors, and employees from and against all fines, suits, > proceedings, claims, causes of action, demands, or liabilities of any kind > or of any nature arising out of or in connection with your use of the Data
I wouldn't say "seems"! Any kind of indemnification or hold harmless is totally and absolutely NOT OK at all. What this means, is that the person agreeing to this license agrees that suppose they put the data in a navigation device someone else uses that navigation device something bad happens someone -- anyone -- sues King County with any kind of claim that somehow the bad thing was "arising out of use" or was "connected to use" then, the person who agreed will pay the judgement etc. This is just crazy, and IMHO the law should hold such contracts to be void as contrary to public policy (by waiving negligence and putting it on some other party, especially when the first party knows that the other party lacks legal sophistication and is likely not to understand the terms). But that's not how it is, apparently. I would suggest talking to them, and to your elected officials to get the government to just publish as public domain.
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