Re: question about data used in a program
>quote from them...
>" Our data are public domain.
>
> Use of ADC data in writing software should be acknowledged by reference
> to the original authors and publication and to the ADC. The acknowledgment
> might read:
>
> This software uses data provided by Mark/Mary Astronomer in AJ, 115,
> 1998 as distributed by the Astronomical Data Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight
> Center. "
Right. It's in the public domain by US law. The rest is a polite request, which is DFSG when interpreted as part of the license.
>Should/can the data be packaged as a seperate package with it being a
>dependency with the program.
Sure. I don't know if it's worth making a seperate package, but that's your call.
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