Great news! First of all, I saved my 1000th edit the other day. Secondly,
my organization is release all of its data into the public domain! That
organization is Baltimore County Government. The exact timeline is
tentative, but it is just around the corner.
Question to you: On our website, we are
Explicitly state that all data is CC0. In fact, there's a handy
build-your-own-license page here:
http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/
Alternatively you could release your data under the MIT license like
Chicago does:
https://github.com/Chicago/osd-pedway-routes/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
MIT
Fantastic. You could use cc0 http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Elliott Plack elliott.pl...@gmail.comwrote:
Great news! First of all, I saved my 1000th edit the other day. Secondly,
my organization is release all of its data into the public domain! That
Neither of those is public domain. I know for individuals there can be
issues releasing data into the public domain, but if a government's lawyers
feel their data is public domain, I generally just take them at their word.
If the data is public domain then a simple statement that the data is
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
Neither of those is public domain. I know for individuals there can be
issues releasing data into the public domain, but if a government’s lawyers
feel their data is public domain, I generally just take them at their word.
If the data are to be released under the terms and provisions of Maryland
public records law, you should probably cite the section of the code that
applies to the data. States often have conditions that specify which
records are in the public domain (e.g. real estate transactions) and which
are
* Elliott Plack elliott.pl...@gmail.com [2013-07-18 14:25 -0400]:
Question to you: On our website, we are uncertain as how to say, The data
is public domain. Can you all provide examples of other sites that provide
data that has been imported into OSM?
I don't know of any large sites using it,
There are cases where other levels of governments believe their data is
public domain, depending on the laws they work under. We regularly take
governments at their word when they say their data is public domain.
From: joshthephysic...@gmail.com [mailto:joshthephysic...@gmail.com] On
Behalf Of
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
There are cases where other levels of governments believe their data is
public domain, depending on the laws they work under. We regularly take
governments at their word when they say their data is public domain.
Sure,
Neither one of the references you cited states that a private individual cannot
give up their copyright and thus release a work into the public domain.
Josh Doe j...@joshdoe.com wrote:
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
Neither of those is public domain. I
We have over 200 mappers contributing to OSM in the US driving us to second
place, but way behind Germany. Look at OSM Stats for the details.
http://osmstats.altogetherlost.com/index.php?item=countries
Second place is good, but I wonder what we could be if we made it our goal
to increase the
Clifford Snow writes:
I'd like to suggest that we adopt a goal of increasing the number of active
mappers in the US. I'm not sure how we accomplish it, but I'd like
to solicit suggestions and feedback.
Use of OSM data drives editing of OSM data, as long as people know
it's editable. We
If someone can hook me up with a logo polo and/or a car sign or two, I
wouldn't mind working the shirt into my work rotation, and my car makes it
all over Oklahoma. 386 miles today alone, average around 150 miles a day.
Occasionally makes longer trips closer to the panhandle, Dallas metro,
into
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