Bug#644650: tzdata: possible copyright violation
On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 10:01:58PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 09:22:17PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 21:17:35 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> >
> > > Package: tzdata
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've read today that upstream has taken down the source because
> > > of a law suite against them. From what I understand they have
> > > based some of their historic information on the ACS American
> > > Atlas. Upstream believes that all information is in the public
> > > domain.
> > >
> > What do you think filing this bug achieves?
>
> I'm just trying to make you aware of the issue. Do with it as you
> see fit.
>
Being subscribed to the upstream mailing list, we got a lot more details
than what has been published on various websites.
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