It does appear that these copyright clauses exist to protect the local
jurisdiction from any liability regarding (mis-)use of the data. Back in my
paleo-GIS days, we were always concerned that someone would mis-construe
the data and hold the County liable and were careful to put a disclaimer on
Conclusion: explicit law may already give us
permission to use (our) data any way we see fit,
simply by asking for them. Read up on your
state's laws on Public Records, see if there are
any court decisions affirming, and armed with
this knowledge, ask away. Happy mapping!
Good point.
Maryland has a pretty broad public data law as well. I have not read it
entirely, but it does appear this kind of release would be covered. I spoke
with my program manager on the matter, and he is taking a *wait and
see* approach
to the license situation. Baltimore County wants to protect itself
Here in California, thanks to at least one major judicial decision,
all (geographic) data produced by public entities (incorporated
cities, counties/divisions/departments/bureaus of the state itself,
et cetera) is hampered neither by requiring permission from the
state, nor acceptance of
Whoops, sorry, that was Richard Weait's suggestion to use ODC PDDL
and/or CC-Zero licenses on public data, not Elliott Plack's
suggestion.
My suggestion is to end run any need to do even this by simply
applying your state's Public Record laws to what are, in effect,
public records. Simply
From: Richard Weait [mailto:rich...@weait.com]
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Baltimore County GIS Data is now public domain
Your use of public domain in the subject is potentially confusing,
since there is no reliable method for you to declare that the data
Richard Weait writes:
Your use of public domain in the subject is potentially confusing,
since there is no reliable method for you to declare that the data is
in the public domain. Please see the wiki article linked.
If someone claims that their copyrighted work is in the public domain,
o man this is great. amazing work Elliot!
--
ian
On Friday, September 27, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
Congratulations, Elliott! And kudos to all the people at Baltimore government
that made it possible.
On Sep 27, 2013 4:53 PM, Elliott Plack elliott.pl...@gmail.com
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