Re: JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE405

2018-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Ole Streicher writes: > It would help in the discussion if you could point to these > constraints (which are applicable to research data), and not just > claim that they may apply in this case. That's shifting the burden. Like it or not (for the record: I don't like this),

Re: Updating CIDER's Research Software Agreement License For Use in Ngspice

2018-03-19 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:01:28 +0100 Holger Vogt wrote: > > > > Have the other issues been addressed, as well? > > Please see my previous > > [message](https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2016/10/msg00030.html) > > for further details... > > > > Yes, I am working on these items. That's great,

Re: JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE405

2018-03-19 Thread Ole Streicher
Ben Finney writes: > Ole Streicher writes: > >> Research data however are *not* a product of a creative scientific >> work. > > You may continue to assert that. It doesn't change the facts of how > copyright law works. The Debian Project is bound to work

Re: JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE405

2018-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Ole Streicher writes: > Research data however are *not* a product of a creative scientific > work. You may continue to assert that. It doesn't change the facts of how copyright law works. The Debian Project is bound to work within the constraints of the current copyright

Re: How to determine the license of D-Bus interface spec files (XML)?

2018-03-19 Thread Simon McVittie
The usual term of art for the D-Bus interface descriptions you're talking about here is "introspection XML". On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 at 16:09:02 +0800, Boyuan Yang wrote: > * Vala source code files are generated from D-Bus interface spec files > (XML format) using "vala-dbus-binding-tool" (exist in

How to determine the license of D-Bus interface spec files (XML)?

2018-03-19 Thread Boyuan Yang
[cc-me please; I am not on list] Hi debian-legal list and Debian D-Bus maintainers, Recently I encountered a package that has unclear license status and I would like some help from you. Please take a look at "peek" software[1]. Its packaging repo can be found at [2]. Files in doubt are in [3].

Re: JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE405

2018-03-19 Thread Ole Streicher
Hi Francesco, Francesco Poli writes: >> This finally would mean that you need (almost) the whole scientific >> (physics) history and discussion as an automated processing chain in >> Debian. > > If this is what you meant, then I must have misread your reasoning. > I