Mattia Verga <mattia.verga@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm having a discussion on the Legal mailing list about the usage of > databases like the Saguaro Astronomy Club catalog [2] or Dr. Wolfgang > Steinicke NGC database [2]. > [2] http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/ngcic_e.htm > [3] https://github.com/KDE/kstars/tree/master/kstars/data I have a quite similar problem with the ngc2000 catalog that is used in astrometry.net (being its Debian maintainer). In the moment, this catalog had to be removed from our distribution due to a non-commercial restriction, and the Fedora package of astrometry.net will also need to have it removed. I discussed this for more than 6 months with the copyright holder (F&W Media, the editors of Sky and Telescope), and they finally definitely refused to change the license. So, having the Steinicke catalog free would be great not only for kstars, but also for other packages like astrometry.net. Maybe we could try jointly to discuss this issue with Wolfgang Steinicke to convince him to give *his* version under a license that is acceptable by Fedora and Debian? Best regards Ole _______________________________________________ Fedora astronomy mailing list astronomy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Astronomy https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/astronomy
