On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:03:47PM +0000, Conor Daly mentioned:
> Everything is available from OSi but they seem to have the attitude that,
> since the Irish taxpayer funds them, they should charge as much as possible
> on an ongoing basis for the data. Mapflow and synoptics will sell you stuff
> with a perpetual license...
The licence is per-copy. You may not copy the maps, even for your own
use. The farmers were giving out about this - Ireland is the only EU
country that the farmers have to pay every year for the maps they sent to
the EU with their land usage marked on them.
John
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