On Tue, 15 May 2007 23:53:48 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > EPSG dataset > > Terms of use, revised 22/03/2007 (proposed - not adopted!) [...] > The data may be used, copied and distributed subject to > the following conditions: No permission to modify: fails DFSG#3. [...] > 2. The data may be included in any commercial package provided that > any commerciality is based on value added by the provider and not > on a value ascribed to the EPSG dataset which is made available > at no charge. Maybe acceptable, because DFSG#1 only requires permission to sell *inside an aggregate*. But very close to the non-free boundary, anyway. [...] > 3. Subsets of information may be extracted from the dataset. This is not enough to satisfy DFSG#3. [...] > 4. [...] Modification of parameter values is permitted as > described in OGP Surveying and Positioning Guidance Note 7-1 > annex G to allow change to the content of the information > provided that numeric equivalence is achieved. [...] Highly restricted permission to modify: not enough to satisfy DFSG#3. > 5. No data that has been modified other than as permitted in these > terms and conditions shall be attributed to the EPSG dataset. What does this mean? Am I allowed to modify data the way I like, *as long as I do not attribute them to the EPSG dataset* ?!? This is ambiguous, and should _really_ be clarified. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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