I think the community has been satisfied if the "copyright holder" of the data gives explicit permission for the community to use the data in OSM. A verbal or e-mail message seems to have been OK in the past, but a post referencing someone in charge at the copyright holder (so 3rd parties can verify) on the Wiki would be even better.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:10 PM, PJ Houser <[email protected]>wrote: > I am working with Metro, the regional agency for the Portland, Oregon area. > We are using data provided by Metro (the database is called RLIS) to update > OSM. Metro is fine with us using its data, but I want them to put it in > writing to prevent any future kerfuffles. Metro posts the data we're using > on the CivicApps website - http://civicapps.org/datasets (data policy - > http://civicapps.org/about/data-policy). Is this sufficient proof of > public domain? If not, what type of letter or memo should I ask them to > sign? > > Like... > > "I, the undersigned, as a representative of Metro, confirm that the > such-and-such data file is in the public domain" > > And if it's in the public domain, does that make the data ok for both the > previous OSM license and the upcoming one? > > I tried reading the wiki for help, but the intricacies of the licenses are > confusing, so I wanted to ask the community. > > Thanks for your help. > -- > PJ Houser > Trimet > GIS intern, 503-962-5711 (office) > user: PJ Houser > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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