[Proj] Use of SQLite

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Mon May 21 10:20:23 EST 2018


On 21 May 2018 at 17:19, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
> On 21 May 2018 at 17:12, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> On 05/21/2018 04:56 PM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>>> On 21 May 2018 at 16:41, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>>> On 05/21/2018 04:32 PM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>>>>> On 21 May 2018 at 16:22, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>>>>> On 05/21/2018 12:52 PM, Even Rouault wrote:
>>>>>>> So the idea would be to import the tables from a EPSG database dump (potentially not
>>>>>>> in their raw form, but in a modified form to comply with current EPSG Term of Services.
>>>>>>> We are working with IOGP on that issue) and add auxiliary tables/columns to define:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The EPSG Terms of Services are still non-free, they don't allow
>>>>>> modification of the data.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you point exactly which terms of http://www.epsg.org/termsofuse
>>>>> forbid modification of EPSG data?
>>>>
>>>> You should read my message again, > I quoted the relevant parts:
>>>>
>>>>>> Point 6.: "The data may be used, copied and distributed subject to
>>>>>> the following conditions:", does not include modification.
>>>
>>> I believe I have read it carefully enough.
>>>
>>> My point was, that your conclusion above, ie. "does not include modification"
>>> seems to be a bit premature and inaccurate for the overal picture of
>>> what is permitted or and what is not.
>>> Especially, that the ToU only explicitly forbids distribution for profit.
>>
>> It forbids distribution of the EPSG Facilities for profit, not the data.
>
> The ToU I'm reading states this
>
> "EPSG Facilities" means the Registry, the EPSG Dataset
> means the Registry, the EPSG Dataset

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - apology for messing this up, copy & paste failure

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