Hello all We are in the final stage of preparing Apache SIS 0.8-RC1 for vote. A new item that we could offer in this release is an add-in for performing some coordinate operations inside OpenOffice or LibreOffice spreadsheet (Calc). For now this add-in is available in a separated location [1] because I'm not sure if it should be part of SIS release, for the reason explained below. Instructions about add-in installation and usage are available in French at [2] and will be translated in English before end of next week.
The reason why I'm unsure if this add-in can be part of the release is because it is shipped with EPSG geodetic dataset, which is subject to EPSG terms of use [3]. Those terms of use are incompatible with Apache license. For other modules, we have been careful to keep EPSG data in a separated "non-free" directory; in order to include them, the user has to take a conscious action. However in the case of this add-in, when user installs it, OpenOffice/LibreOffice shows the Apache License header together with an EPSG header as shown at [4] (with the words "may contain" replaced by "contains"). The installation proceed only if the user click on "Accept". Is it sufficient for making this add-in eligible to release together with other artifacts? Is there an interest for such add-in in the first place? Martin [1] http://home.apache.org/~desruisseaux/OpenOffice/ [2] http://sis.staging.apache.org/openoffice/fr/index.html [3] http://www.epsg.org/TermsOfUse [4] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sis/tags/0.8/application/sis-openoffice/src/main/unopkg/license.txt
