Hey Martin, Unfortunately doesn't seem to be compat with apache. What about asking for them to license as ALv2 or some other Category A compat license?
Do you know the DB's authors? Cheers, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Martin Desruisseaux <[email protected]> Organization: Geomatys Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 18, 2013 3:31 PM To: Apache SIS <[email protected]> Subject: EPSG annotation experiment, and EPSG terms of use >Hello all > >I just added an experimental EPSG annotation [1] for documentation >purpose only. This annotation serves no programmatic purpose. The intend >is to take trace of SIS elements (class, methods, fields) that map to an >element from the EPSG database. For example [2] is basically computing >the matrix to use for performing the "Position Vector transformation in >geocentric domain" (EPSG:1033) operation, so it would have an >"@EPSG(type = OperationMethod.class, code = 1033)" annotation telling >that. > >However, we were usually telling the same thing as plain text in the >javadoc. So is this "@EPSG" annotation just noise not worth its weight? >The original intend was to make search operations easier since the IDE >refactoring tools can be used. However the EPSG database is very stable, >so it may not be necessary. Given that the javadoc tools produced more >verbose output than an though, I wonder. > >On a related question, the EPSG database would be of great importance to >SIS. However I'm not sure if the Term of Uses [3] are acceptable to >Apache? The data may be used, copied and distributed subject to some >conditions, in particular: > > * The data may be included in any commercial package provided that any > commerciality is based on value added by the provider and not on a > value ascribed to the EPSG Dataset which is made available at no >charge. > * Ownership of the EPSG Dataset by OGP must be acknowledged in any > publication or transmission (by whatever means) thereof (including > permitted modifications). > > >Would it be compatible with Apache? > > Martin > > >[1] >https://builds.apache.org/job/sis-jdk7/site/apidocs/org/apache/sis/referen >cing/EPSG.html >[2] >https://builds.apache.org/job/sis-jdk7/site/apidocs/org/apache/sis/referen >cing/datum/BursaWolfParameters.html#getPositionVectorTransformation%28%29 >[3] http://www.epsg-registry.org/help/xml/Terms_Of_Use.html >
