Bug#155396: ITP: iso-codes -- Collection of ISO code lists and their translations

[David Starner <starner@okstate.edu>]

> Package: wnpp
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-08-04
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name    : iso-codes
>   Version         : 1.0
>   Upstream Author : Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>
> * URL             : 
<http://www.saorleir.com/iso-codes>http://www.saorleir.com/iso-codes
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : Collection of ISO code lists and their translations
>
> This package is (to be) a collection of ISO code lists:
>       - ISO 639 Language codes
>       - ISO 3166 Country codes
>       - ISO 3166-2 country code subdivisions
>       - ISO 4217 Currency codes
>
> and their translations (50+ languages so far).

This is very problematic. First place, I don't see where we can distribute
ISO 3166-2 _at all_. See http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/ where
ISO 3166-2 is only offered for sale. Secondly, I don't see how we can relicense
the others - under an indeterminate license - and their derivatives
(translations) under the GPL. It also seems counter-productive; more than GPL
programs need to use these.