https://www.nist.gov/srd/public-law https://www.nist.gov/open/copyright-fair-use-and-licensing-statements-srd-data-software-and-technical-series-publications
IANAL, but it seems like they make it rather clear that they don't want it included in Fedora, but you can email them at "[email protected]" and ask. ~spot On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 6:53 PM Bryan Sutula <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2021-08-27 at 16:45 +0000, Davide Cavalca wrote: > > On Thu, 2021-08-26 at 12:28 -0500, Bryan Sutula wrote: > > > On Thu, 2021-08-26 at 17:16 +0000, Davide Cavalca wrote: > > > > NIST Standard Reference Data (SRD); > > > > ©Copyright [©YEAR] by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of > > > > the > > > > United States of America. All rights reserved. > > > > --- > > > > > > > > To my untrained eye, this looks like a fairly standard copyright > > > > attribution thing and should be ok to redistribute and package in > > > > Fedora, but I'd like an official blessing as I don't see this license > > > > listed on > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main > > > > > > > > > > The phrase "all rights reserved" indicates that no permission has been > > > granted for anyone to make copies. On the surface, we should not > > > redistribute this content. > > > > > > I am surprised, though, that publicly-funded work would be restricted. > > > Perhaps one of our attorneys could comment? > > > > So I'm definitely not an expert, but my understanding is that "All > > rights reserved" is just a copyright affirmation phrase, it doesn't > > actually restrict/impact redistribution in itself. If you look at > > https://github.com/search?q=%22All+rights+reserved%22 it's all over the > > place, even in projects under permissive licenses. > > <distraction> > This Wikipedia article[1] does a good job explaining the "All rights > reserved". You are correct that it no longer has actual significance > beyond the reminder that this is copyrighted content. Thanks for > making me look this up and learn something today. > </distraction> > > Given that the gov't has claimed a copyright and has (apparently) not > provided any permission to make copies, the default is that no such > permission exists and it should not be copied. That's the nature of > "copyright". I think we still need to find permission to make copies > (which would be in the form of an actual license stating that we are > allowed to do so), or failing that, perhaps an attorney might be able > to comment on whether there is some blanket permission for publicly- > funded content. > > -Bryan > > 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved > _______________________________________________ > legal mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure >
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