One more non-free data file in EMBOSS.
Dear all,
I did not realise before, but EMBOSS distribute more external data files, in
particular some ontologies.
Among them, I have checked the biggest, Gene Ontology.
http://www.geneontology.org/GO.cite.shtml
GO Usage Policy
The GO Consortium gives permission for any of its products to be used without
license for any purpose under three conditions:
That the Gene Ontology Consortium is clearly acknowledged as the source of the product;
That any GO Consortium file(s) displayed publicly include the date(s)
and/or version number(s) of the relevant GO file(s) (the GO is evolving and
changes will occur with time);
That neither the content of the GO file(s) nor the logical relationships
embedded within the GO file(s) be altered in any way.
This policy covers the GO ontology, the GO database and the annotations
provided by GO Consortium members.
There are at least six more ontologies, for which I have not checked the
license yet.
The problem is that, according to #682042, « Some EMBOSS applications assume
these databases are installed ». I am currently considering to packages these
data files in non-free, and have EMBOSS suggest them, or rename the current
emboss package emboss-core, and create a non-free metapackage which would
depend on emboss-core and the non-free data.
Your thoughts about how to solve that problem are welcome.
Cheers,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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