Skyler, I was able to reach out to Vermont's State GIS office and received an explicit usage grant that is now recorded in the OSM wiki <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vermont#Resources>. While former similar efforts in NY may have failed in years past, a new request might succeed in getting a more blanket approval that could cover this and other OSM projects. In case it help you or others as a starting point, here is the message I used for Vermont:
---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Adam Franco <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:59 PM > Subject: Vermont/VCGI data usage in OpenStreetMap > To: <[email protected]> > > Dear Leslie, > > I contacted you about this topic several years ago (2013!) but then > shifted my focus to other projects and never followed up again. > > I am a contributor <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Adam%20Franco> to > the OpenStreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/> project [1], a > collaborative open project to create a global geodata set freely usable by > anyone [2]. > > We respect the IP rights of others and I write to ask if we can use data > published by VGCI, in particular [but not necessarily limited to] the > following data-sets: > > - VTrans::vt-road-centerline > <http://geodata.vermont.gov/datasets/VTrans::vt-road-centerline> > - vt-boundaries-all-lines > <http://geodata.vermont.gov/datasets/vt-boundaries-all-lines> > - VT Hydrography Dataset > <http://geodata.vermont.gov/datasets/acda0d7626644d9ca4d2c00dbe0141e0_10> > - VT E911 Site Locations > > <http://geodata.vermont.gov/datasets/vt-e911-site-locations-building-address-points> > > I've read through the VCGI Warranty/Copyright document > <http://vcgi.vermont.gov/sites/vcgi/files/warehouse/VCGI_Warranty_Copyright_Notice_2013.pdf> > and while it seems to my lay reading that importing data from these > data-sets into the OpenStreetMap would constitute a "value-add" and > therefore allow such use, it would be helpful to the community to have a > clear statement allowing our use of the data. > > At the most simple, I would seek a statement like this: > > "The State of Vermont and its Vermont Center for Geographic Information > has no objections to geodata derived in part from the > VTrans::vt-road-centerline, vt-boundaries-all-lines, VT Hydrography > Dataset, and VT E911 Site Locations data sets being incorporated into the > OpenStreetMap project geodata database and released under a free and open > license" [1] > > A broader, less itemized grant might be even better, but I'm not sure if > your agency might have concerns about over-broad usage grants. Maybe > something like this: > > "The State of Vermont and its Vermont Center for Geographic Information > has no objections to geodata derived in part from data-sets published by > the VCGI being incorporated into the OpenStreetMap project geodata database > and released under a free and open license" > > I also ask that whatever statement you are prepared to make can be made > public for information purposes, posting it to the project's data-source > documentation <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources> > for others to reference. > > Below is a fact sheet. If you would like any more information, I will do > my best to help or can ask our project's License Working Group to get in > touch with you. > > Regards, Adam Franco > > > *Fact Sheet * > > [1] The OpenStreetMap project currently has over 750,000 registered > contributors worldwide. Our main website is http://www.openstreetmap.org > > [2] We are mandated to make our geodata available in perpetuity under a > free and open licence. We are not allowed to use a commercial license, but > commercial organisations are allowed to use our data under similar terms. > > [3] Our data is currently published under the Open Database License 1.0, > http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ > > [4] Most of our geodata is contributed by individuals. However, we are > very grateful when able to incorporate or derive from other geo-data > datasets where license terms are compatible. > > [5] We formally attribute all such sources at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution, using any specific > wording if you request. We also try to provide a link to this page with any > extract of data from our database. However, for reasons of practicality, we > do not require end-users to repeat such attribution since it runs into > hundreds. > > [6] We also keep a public track of third party data use at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue and usually have a > project page for each dataset, describing how we use it and whether there > are any license restrictions to be aware of. > > [7] If you have any specific legal questions, the OpenStreetMap > Foundation's License Working Group can be reached at > [email protected] and will be glad to help. > And this is what I got back: > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Adams, John E. <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:34 AM > Subject: RE: Vermont/VCGI data usage in OpenStreetMap > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Cc: Pelch, Leslie <[email protected]>, Brown, Ivan < > [email protected]> > > > Hi Adam, > > The State of Vermont Center for Geographic Information has no objections > to geodata derived in part from data-sets published by the Vermont Center > for Geographic Information in the Vermont Open Geodata Portal being > incorporated into the OpenStreetMap project geodata database and released > under a free and open license. > > Regards, > > John > > > > *John E. Adams **AICP* > > Director* | *Vermont Center for Geographic Information > > State of Vermont > 1 National Life Dr, Deane C. Davis Bldg, 6th Floor | Montpelier, VT > 05620-0501 > 802-522-0172 > vcgi.vermont.gov >
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