[OSM-legal-talk] Review of IndianaMap as potential datasource
Greetings, I am interested in better data for Indiana, USA, and would like to have someone else double-check that there are no legal/policy issues with using GIS data from IndianaMap[1] in OSM. I talked to one of their employees over the phone, and he said that the data is completely public, with no usage or attribution requirements or restrictions, and specifically confirmed that using it in OSM is OK. Terms on the metadata for what I'm interested in seem to say the same[2]. Basically, I want to get a confirmation from more experienced OSM contributors before I explore the feasibility of importing any of this data. There might be general issues that I'm not aware of yet. [1] http://www.indianamap.org/resources.php [2] http://maps.indiana.edu/metadata/Reference/Land_Parcels_County_IDHS.html Thanks! -- Eric Jiang, DoubleMap Suite 300W | 748 E. Bates Street | Indianapolis, IN 46202 www.doublemap.com | Office +1(855) 463-6655 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Review of IndianaMap as potential datasource
the wikipedia has a nice otrs system, I supposed you could use it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OTRS so let them sign something that allows the data to be used by wikipedia and that should cover osm as well. On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Eric Jiang e...@doublemap.com wrote: Greetings, I am interested in better data for Indiana, USA, and would like to have someone else double-check that there are no legal/policy issues with using GIS data from IndianaMap[1] in OSM. I talked to one of their employees over the phone, and he said that the data is completely public, with no usage or attribution requirements or restrictions, and specifically confirmed that using it in OSM is OK. Terms on the metadata for what I'm interested in seem to say the same[2]. Basically, I want to get a confirmation from more experienced OSM contributors before I explore the feasibility of importing any of this data. There might be general issues that I'm not aware of yet. [1] http://www.indianamap.org/resources.php [2] http://maps.indiana.edu/metadata/Reference/Land_Parcels_County_IDHS.html Thanks! -- Eric Jiang, DoubleMap Suite 300W | 748 E. Bates Street | Indianapolis, IN 46202 www.doublemap.com | Office +1(855) 463-6655 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://www.flossk.org Saving Wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Review of IndianaMap as potential datasource
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: the wikipedia has a nice otrs system, I supposed you could use it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OTRS so let them sign something that allows the data to be used by wikipedia and that should cover osm as well. I'm not aware of data donations being made through OTRS. Not impossible to do, of course, but it would have to be done carefully if it were actually going to be useful for both Wikidata and OSM (given the licensing differences). Lydia, do you know of any cases where contributions have been made through OTRS to Wikidata? [I thought OSM already had a procedure for this, but I couldn't find it, so I thought I'd reply to clarify that our process may or may not be enough.] Luis On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Eric Jiang e...@doublemap.com wrote: Greetings, I am interested in better data for Indiana, USA, and would like to have someone else double-check that there are no legal/policy issues with using GIS data from IndianaMap[1] in OSM. I talked to one of their employees over the phone, and he said that the data is completely public, with no usage or attribution requirements or restrictions, and specifically confirmed that using it in OSM is OK. Terms on the metadata for what I'm interested in seem to say the same[2]. Basically, I want to get a confirmation from more experienced OSM contributors before I explore the feasibility of importing any of this data. There might be general issues that I'm not aware of yet. [1] http://www.indianamap.org/resources.php [2] http://maps.indiana.edu/metadata/Reference/Land_Parcels_County_IDHS.html Thanks! -- Eric Jiang, DoubleMap Suite 300W | 748 E. Bates Street | Indianapolis, IN 46202 www.doublemap.com | Office +1(855) 463-6655 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://www.flossk.org Saving Wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3 ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.* ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Review of IndianaMap as potential datasource
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: the wikipedia has a nice otrs system, I supposed you could use it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OTRS so let them sign something that allows the data to be used by wikipedia and that should cover osm as well. Well no, Mike, I don't think so. What rights a publisher grants to Wikipedia has nothing to do with what rights a publisher grants to OpenStreetMap. Wikipedia has no ownership interest in OpenStreetMap, nor vice-versa. Eric, please do take advantage of the imports@ and imports-us@ lists. You'll need to clear your plan and each step with them as you investigate, as well as talk-us@. The verbal permission is a good start. See if you can get it in writing. Others have had email with permission to publish the email, then add it to the wiki. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Best regards and happy mapping, Richard ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
