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Having written the FileGDB GDAL driver, I am glad you like it :)
The answer is that yes, it can be distributed. In fact, the OSGeo4W distribution already includes it.
I got the confirmation that the OSGeo4W was an approved usage through a personal e-mail exchange I had with ESRI.
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OpenStreetMap is moving towards the Open Database License (ODbL) License Structure
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License
"We want to change the current CC-BY-SA 2.0 to Open Database License (OdbL) 1.0. "
Lots of debate has been going on for months
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_License
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I believe you're correct: "If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one." Basically, the same license that permits you to obtain the data prohibits you from keeping it (not sharing).
There is now a CC-BY-SA 3.0 too, but I don't immediately see the difference ...
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Here's ESRI's page on changing your license level without using ArcGIS administrator:
http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/24633
The license level can be set using an environment variable. Of course, without admin rights you can't change environmental variables in the Control Panel, but you can do it from the command line without ...
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You can definitely use the Community Edition in a commercial project. The community edition has everything you would need. The things it is missing are support, bugfixes, and raster support.
You can get more information about the various editions here: http://opengeo.org/products/suite/buy/
The OpenGeo suite is Free OpenSource Software (license under the ...
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In my personal experience, no.
Looking at the product matrix, there is also nothing to indicate they would groom their performance as such.
http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/arcgis10-functionality-matrix.pdf
I would suggest running some test cases with the same data, stored locally, on the same computer, with different licenses in order to ...
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Generally when an organisation says that their data may not be used commercially they really mean that it cannot be used commercially without payment for some type of licence. ESA will probably have bought a licence from eurostat that allows them to publish and make available product CONSTRUCTED FROM the eurostat data BUT NOT CONTAINING ALL THE ORIGINAL ...
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I think the license makes it clear you have to use those (exact) words. You could make a follow-on statement that discloses the changes.
So "Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Source data from Ordnance Survey has been generalized to make data correspond to the size of the map."
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Check this help file out.Accessing Licenses and extensions in Python
The CheckProduct(code) and SetProduct(code) methods look like they will provide you with the tools you're looking for.
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OSM legal FAQ (Common License Interpretations) mentions the difference between a Derivative Work and a Collective Work:
If what you create is based on OSM data (for example if you
create a new layer by looking at the OSM data and refering to
locations on it) then it is likely you have created a derivative work.
If you generate a merged work with ...
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You can use it for everything you want - no restrictions apply.
You also can sell QGIS itself (you just need to find someone who's willing to pay).
But if you do (even when you distribute without charge), you have to include the source code of QGIS and all own extensions (plugins, features, whatever) you added. Basically pass on everything you got (and ...
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This may not be a license issue, in Esri parlance, database servers are SQL Server Express instances only. ( help doc )
To connect to a full SQL Server DB, you need to make a database connection.
That said, I also would like to know if there is a way to check the license level of an ArcGIS Server instance, as I looked into it before without success.
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Here are the typical reasons a license is not available:
User with Extension needs to deactivate the extension and close ArcGIS.
License Server (Desktop Administrator) should show the license has returned
Then Enable the Extension in ArcGIS on the user who needs the extension.
You have not licensed the extension from Esri, so it's not on your License ...
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After several emails back and forth with ESRI customer support, I was unable to track down the source of this error.
However, I decided to remove the LicenseInitializer that was put in place by Visual Studio when I created the project (this used the AoInitialize class to attempt to initialize the license). Instead, I placed an AxLicenseControl on the ...
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Disclaimer: My view may not reflect my employer's.
I've worked for Esri since 1994, mainly on ArcInfo workstation then ArcGIS Desktop. I've never heard of any work to change performance depending on current license level. It's always been a yes/no functionality setting.
Could there be something? I guess, but honestly, we're not that Machiavellian.
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Here is an interesting site from MIT that discusses copyright of figures and fair use policy. I would be inclined to accept their assertions given their status as a premier institution.
See the answer from @tmcw for a link to the Bing ToS. Reading that, I believe that you can utilize the map in a not-for-profit academic setting.
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Full Answer is here:
"The timeout mechanism provided by OpenLM for ESRI ArcGIS is based on two parameters, “maximum idle time” and threshold. The combination of these two parameters provides a good solution for floating licenses (FLEXlm features) with both high and small number of licenses. The timeout value should be kept minimal (15-20 minutes) for all ...
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Taken from the OpenStreetMap License Page
You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our maps and data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors. If you alter or build upon our maps or data, you may distribute the result only under the same licence.
If you are using OpenStreetMap map images, we request that your credit ...
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Can be a grey area...
10.1.2 Restrictions against Commercial Use.
(a) No Fees. You must not charge users or any other third party any fee for the use of the Maps API Implementation, the Service, or the Content, except as permitted under Section 9.1.2 (Exceptions).
(b) No Direct Marketing. You must not print more than 5,000 copies of sales collateral ...
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Go to the ArcGIS Administrator located on the Start Menu > All Programs > ArcGIS > ArcGIS Administrator. From there look at the "License Manager Environment Variable Information" section under "ARCGIS_LICENSE_FILE:xxxxxx". Also look at the "Machine IDs..." tab on the main layout.
Edit (Additional information from @Brad):
Using the ArcGIS ...
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go to customers.esri.com and log in as the administrator for your company.
go to authorization and provisioning.
on the reporting tab you will see each auth and de-auth transaction.
you can compare the authorization date with the date authorized in the arcgis administrator mentioned by Aaron.
Dont forget you can (should) de-authorize a machine that is not ...
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Your license will work definitely. You need to De-authorize the license from old machine and then authorize it on new machine.
Its very simple process. Don't worry please check support article and let us know if you have any problem..
thanks..
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this would have been not possible until a little while ago. Since the ToS prevented it. We cannot make direct tile requests to google base map tiles. The static maps api also had the restriction that only browsers can make the requests. But google has recently changed their ToS to allow making static map requests from non-browser application provided that ...
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Per ESRI technical support, no, you cannot switch licenses mid-stream. This holds true for version 9.3.1 as well as 10 (and I'm assuming prior versions as well).
On a related note, this holds true for ArcMap and ArcCatalog, as well. You'd need to exit those applications if you want to switch from an ArcView to an ArcInfo license.
UPDATE: ESRI called me ...
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I don't see anything in the documentation that says you cannot switch. However the code below isn't able to switch. Maybe report this as a bug and see what happens.
Update: As Michael points out, the documentation says this is not supported.
private void SwitchLicense1()
{
if (ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.ActiveRuntime.Product == ...
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As mentioned before, a Server license is for up to 4-cores as far as we have been informed. We originally had our Server on a physical 8-core machine, but used "Windows System Resource Manager" to restrict the ArcGIS Server processes to 4 particular cores, thus satisfying our license requirements, at least according to our account manager.
Now we are ...
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ArcGIS Server has two licensing options. You can choose to license by the number of cores on either the physical or virtual servers (as described below), whichever is the smaller number.
Option 1: Licensed by the number of cores on the virtual server-When creating a virtual server, a specific hardware server emulation configuration is typically defined. For ...
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There is another solution - depends on how scalable and how fast your deployment is to be.
ArcGIS 10 Server on the cloud:
"ArcGIS Server with Cloud Infrastructure is a preconfigured deployment of ArcGIS Server Enterprise running on a 4-core Windows Server 2008 virtual machine in the Amazon EC2 cloud infrastructure"
...
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Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, blah blah blah.
What you are reading is the section that applies to you using their APIs to modify their content. What this means is that they have write APIs that allows you to add POIs into their database and they want to make sure that whatever you modify will be theirs (and they will be allowed to share it with their ...
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You used to be able to do this with the lmutil lmremove command, but this command no longer works with ArcGIS 10.1 (or I think anything since 9.1).
A minorly disruptive alternative is to start and stop the license service. Stop the service, wait a few seconds, then start it and immediately check out the license you need.
Current users will get a license ...
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