Bug#664558: Licensing for OSTN02 data
Hello Neil,
Thanks for your reply, and for the clarificaton that the logo does not
need to be displayed.
With regards to the other modifications: the point is not that any
modifications are desired at the moment, but that it is important in
principle for software included in Debian that it *can* be modified if
needed; this includes the data from the OS which has been incorporated
into the software.
This principle forms the basis of free/open source software. You can
find out more about this in the links I provided earlier.
What would be ideal from our perspective would be a modification of the
licence terms of the OSTN02 data. An example of how this is sometimes
done is
http://www.debian.org/misc/bsd.license
Regards,
Dominic.
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:50:15AM +0100, Business Enquiries wrote:
> Hello Dominic
>
> Thank you for your email regarding OSTN02 data.
>
> Apologies for the delay in reply but the area I needed to pass the
> information to have been away.
>
> They state that following the links you have provided it seems like you
> are proposing a change to some Perl code that is delivered as part of
> the Debian flavour of the Linux operating system. The code in question
> looks like it provides utilities to convert coordinates and carry out
> the OSTN02 transformation. Looking at the page for the existing code
> they are happy that the README file contains an adequate nod to the data
> being Crown Copyright.
>
> However, it seems to them that the code does a perfectly good job of
> implementing OSTN02 so they are not sure why you are proposing to change
> it or add the NTv2 version of the OSTN02 data set.
>
> They are happy that if the NTv2 data is incorporated into the code then
> as long as the README file contains the additional line:
>
> "NTv2 format OSTN02 data is (c) UK MOD Crown Copyright, 2002. All rights
> reserved."
>
> They are also happy that our requirement for logo display can be
> relaxed.
>
> I do hope you will find this helpful.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Neil.
>
> Neil Wilson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dominic Hargreaves [mailto:dom@earth.li]
> Sent: 29 May 2012 18:43
> To: Customer Services
> Cc: 664558@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Licensing for OSTN02 data
>
> Hello,
>
> Would you be able to put me in touch with the relevant department
> concerning the licence grants related to the OSTN02 data described at
>
> <http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gps/osnetfreeservices/further
> info/ostn02_ntv2.html>?
>
> I have a query relating to use of this data in Free (please see [1] for
> what I mean by this) software; in particular I would like to be able to
> use this data in the widely used Debian GNU/Linux operating system.
>
> You can find information about my request for some software to be
> included at
>
> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664558>
>
> The crux of the question is whether you would be able to clarify whether
> you consider that the licence allows modification, in order to meet one
> of the essential definitions here:
>
> http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
>
> as well as whether you can relax the requirement for the display of the
> logo since the software in question is a library package and as such has
> no way to display the logo.
>
> Please note that I have CCed this request to a publicly archived email
> address corresponding to the above bug report. I hope that you will feel
> able to include the CC in any response.
>
> Many thanks,
> Dominic.
>
> [1] <http://www.debian.org/intro/free>
>
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