[Freegis-list] vmap copyright

[Benoit Véler]

         All right, I might trust you, but anyway I' would appreciate other 
opinion, if there are some. The point is important to study, I should 
think... ;-)

         Thanks,

         Ben.

At 11:03 25/01/2002 -0800, Adrian Custer wrote:
>You are all right, free and clear,
>
>By and large data produced by the us government has to be released into
>the public domain. Once released tough, organizations can take it and
>copyright their version of the data. You in this case could decide to
>copyright the data modifications you have made.
>
>ESRI was contracted by the us government to process Vmap data into a
>coherent whole. They, perhaps illegally, have copyrighted their
>modifications. Since the maproom at U Penn used the ESRI data as a
>basis, it restricts you freedom due to ESRI's policies. If you do not
>use their data as a source, they have no claim to your work.
>
>As long as you start with the miltary data, you are clear and free of
>any restrictions of what you can do with the data.
>
>The email you cite is correct to my best understanding.
>
>cheers,
>adrian
>
>
>On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 09:45, Benoit Véler wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >          I am finishing a project with some vmap0 data, and I'm 
> begining to
> > have an awfull doubt : are these data really free of copyright ?
> >          I have downloaded the file V0eur at the adress :
> >
> >          http://geoengine.nima.mil/ftpdir/archive/vpf_data/
> >
> >          I have made two type of operations on this data :
> >
> >          * extraction of specific areas (covering several countries),
> >          * modification of both vector and attributes files.
> >
> >          From that point, I used to consider that these database could be
> > considered as my own one, and I planned to resell it an a web site.
> >          But when I read the two sources here :
> >
> > 
> http://intevation.de/pipermail/freegis-list/2001-January/000232.html
> >
> >          and
> >
> >          http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/faq/ques1.html
> >
> >          I am becoming really doubtfull... Can anybody give me his opinion
> > on this pb, or do you know a place where I could have the information for
> > sure ?...
> >
> >          Best regards,
> >
> >          Ben.
> >
> >
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