[Freegis-list] RE: License on your shapefiles?

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:51:04AM -0500, EPI Info Helpdesk wrote:
> Some shapefiles are free to  download while others may have some sort of
> charge associated with them depending on the situation. Thanks!

This does not answer my question.
Does that mean that all shapefiles that I can download are in the public
domain? This is the question about who hold the copyrights.

Once downloaded are there restrictions on the use of the shapefiles?

Thanks again,
	Bernhard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernhard Reiter [mailto:bernhard at intevation.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 10:38 AM
> To: epiinfo at cdc.gov
> Cc: freegis-list at intevation.de
> Subject: License on your shapefiles?
> 
> 
> Hello,
> there are shapefiles freely downloadble from your site at:
> 	http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/EIshape.htm
> 
> You mention public domain data in the text below,
> can you tell me if the shapefiles which can be downloaded from this
> page are all public domain?
> 
> This is not entirely clear to me and I have not found a notice about it.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 	Bernhard
> 
> ps.: I have set the reply-to mail header to the freegis-list, because
> all people there are interested in the answer.
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