Hi Nick, It's not clear where the e-mail ends and your commenting starts. If the paragraph "So in short, we believe the RoW data can..." is there's, then I'd support using it in OpenStreetMap. I believe it's commonly accepted that acknowledgement/copyright/attribution made in the relevant wiki page (imports catalogue?) and in a source tag for the changeset, is acceptable.
On 11 June 2012 13:28, Nick Whitelegg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Re: the Hampshire ROW data - this is the response I got from the person I > am in contact with. > > "In answer to the queries below, the data is free to use as is the OS > open data on their website. > > The data was originally captured against the 10k raster data, meaning it > carried OS IPR. However, OS introduced an exemption process that > allowed creators of data with IPR (Derived Data) to apply for an > exemption. > > Cambridgeshire were the first to successfully do this, we then used > their process/application to apply to have Hampshire's exempt, which was > granted. Following this we can now release the data using the OS open > data licence, as the exemption basiclaly means that it can be used in > the same manner as the data that OS have published themselves as open. > > The query as to our data being on the OS site I think refers to the line > in the licence where OS are actually saying their Open Data is on the > site, not all data that gets published under the licence, for example > our RoW data. > > So in short, we believe the RoW data can be incorporated into > OpenStreetmap as long as acknowledgement and copyright is shown from > where it came and how can be used" > > So in summary it appears that the OS gave HCC specific permission to use > this, and I'm guessing it's OK to use in OSM, but I am not in any sense of > the word a legal expert so, what are people's opinions on this? > > Thanks, > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > -- Gregory [email protected] http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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