If raw data is made available for non-commercial use, am I allowed to seek profit from the use of statistics I gather using the data?
<p>The CHP has a traffic database filled with raw data that is for "personal, non-commercial use". Here's the database: <a href="http://iswitrs.chp.ca.gov/Reports/jsp/RawData.jsp" rel="nofollow">database</a></p>

<p>What I want to do is use this data to compile some statistics, the use of which I intend to profit from. Is this legal under the TOS &amp; relevant law?</p>

<p>The relevant <a href="http://www.bing.com/search?FORM=UWDFNT&amp;PC=U302&amp;q=commercial%20definition&amp;src=IE-TopResult&amp;conversationid=" rel="nofollow">definitions</a> of <strong>commercial</strong> are:</p>

<blockquote>
  <ol>
  <li><p>concerned with or engaged in commerce: 
  "<em>a commercial agreement</em>"</p></li>
  <li><p>making or intended to make a profit: 
  "<em>commercial products</em>"</p></li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p>So <strong>non-commercial</strong> means neither of those things. If you intend to make a profit then you actions are <strong>commercial</strong> and a breach of the ToS and therefore against the law.</p>

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