Remember that you are giving OSM authority to re-license the data in OSM in the future and that OSM is explictly seeking to protect and copyright the data in the database with the new .ODBL license. I don't think you have the authority to bind OSM to the terms of use especially the word revocable but that's just my personal opinion.
Authority You agree to these Terms of Use by either: (1) clicking to accept the Terms of Use; or (2) downloading or using any of the Datasets. You represent that you have full capacity and authority to accept these Terms of Use. If you are accepting on behalf of your employer or another entity, you represent that you have full authority to bind your employer or such other entity to the Terms of Use. Your Open Licence to the Datasets The City of Toronto (the City) now grants you a world‐wide, royalty‐free, non‐exclusive, revocable licence to use, modify, and distribute the Datasets in all current and future media and formats for any lawful purpose. You now acknowledge that this licence does not give you a copyright or other proprietary interest in the Datasets. If you distribute or provide access to these Datasets to any other person, whether in original or modified form, you agree to include a copy of, or this Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for, these Terms of Use and to ensure any such person agrees to, and is bound by, them but without introducing any further restrictions of any kind. Cheerio John On 6 January 2012 15:28, Greg Smith <greg.smi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was in the process of adding some data, and had a discussion with > another mapper about whether the license provided by Mississauga Data ( > http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/mississaugadata) is compatible > with the OSM licence. > > Their licence, available in the site's terms of use > http://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/CityOfMississaugaTermsOfUse.pdf, > provides "a world‐wide, royalty‐free, non‐exclusive, revocable licence to > use, modify, and distribute the Datasets in all current and future media > and formats for any > lawful purpose". > > I assumed this provided the permission to use their data without > restriction that OSM is looking for; can anyone confirm? > > Thanks, > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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