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Package name : rebase Version : NA Upstream Author : Dr. Richard J. Roberts and Dana Macelis (http://rebase.neb.com/rebase/rebase.staff.html) URL : http://rebase.neb.com License : Permission obtained by email (see below) Description : The restriction enzyme database, from New England Biolabs The Restriction Enzyme data BASE is a collection of information about restriction enzymes and related proteins. It contains published and unpublished references, recognition and cleavage sites, isoschizomers, commercial availability, methylation sensitivity, crystal and sequence data. DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases, nicking enzymes, specificity subunits and control proteins are also included. Most recently, putative DNA methyltransferases and restriction enzymes, as predicted from analysis of genomic sequences, are also listed. REBASE is continuously updated and the web pages not dynamically generated are refreshed on a nightly basis. The data in REBASE consists in 39 files which are used by external software such as PerlPrimer (distributed in Debian), EMBOSS (unofficial Debian package), or Staden (unfficial Debian package). Packaging REBASE will make it available to these progams and allow to update the data without to update the debian package of these programs themeselves. The packaging of REBASE is a first step towards a high-quality packaging of EMBOSS, which is very important in the field of molecular biology and bioinformatics. I explained the upstream authors the difference between main and non-free, and asked if they think that we can redistribute their data in a dfsg-free manner, and here is their answer: "REBASE is free to its users and they may use the data however they'd like, but when this use involves repackaging the data and redistribututing it, the common courtesy we always provide one another is to credit the source of this data. Users expect bibliographical content showing the sources of your material. This could be contained in a README file, or a menu item, whatever. So if you include a note such as - References: REBASE, the Restriction Enzyme Database Dr. R.J. Roberts and D. Macelis rebase.neb.com somewhere in your distribution, that's fine." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]