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commit 0f227b72443e5dac7f3f5e16f499c975f6f9f162 Author: Benjamin Eikel <benja...@eikel.org> Date: Mon Sep 16 16:13:41 2013 +0200 Summary of results about copyright of "real.dat" --- debian/README.source | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source new file mode 100644 index 0000000..52fb30e --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +Copyright of "inst/raw/real.dat" +-------------------------------- + +The file "inst/raw/real.dat" was obtained by the upstream author Charlotte +Wickham from "http://www.cis.rit.edu/mcsl/online/munsell.php". In her mail [1] +she writes that she believes that the data is not protected by copyright. +Benjamin Eikel contacted the Munsell Color Science Laboratory and got an +unclear answer [2] concerning the copyright of the data. + +[1] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:29:44 -0700 +From: Charlotte Wickham <cwick...@gmail.com> +To: Faheem Mitha <fah...@faheem.info> +Subject: Re: Debian enquiry about data files in munsell + +I obtained real.dat from http://www.cis.rit.edu/mcsl/online/munsell.php +which is a digitization of Table 1 in: S. M. NEWHALL, D. NICKERSON, and +D. B. JUDD. Final report of the o.s.a. subcommittee on the spacing of the +munsell colors. J. Opt. Soc. Am., 33(7):385–411, 07 1943. + +It shouldn't be copyrighted for two reasons: (1) it's data, (2) it's +produced by employees of the federal govt, but I don't have any proof of +that. + +I'm updating my package documentation to improve the description of the +source data. + +Charlotte +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +[2] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Betreff: Re: [General MCSL information] License for Munsell color data file +"real.dat" +Datum: Dienstag, 3. September 2013, 11:01:12 +Von: Val Hemink <v...@cis.rit.edu> +An: deb...@eikel.org + +The software is free to use for any purpose, "as is" only. We offer no +guarantee on the accuracy of the data. +- Val + +Valerie Hemink, Staff Assistant and Notary Public +Munsell Color Science Laboratory +Rochester Institute of Technology +54 Lomb Memorial Drive, COL-1075 +Rochester, New York 14623 +Voice: (585) 475-7189 +Fax: (585) 475-4444 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + -- Alioth's /git/debian-med/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/debian-med/r-cran-munsell.git _______________________________________________ debian-med-commit mailing list debian-med-commit@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-med-commit