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* Package Name: vo-aladin * Version: 9.013 * Upstream Author: Pierre Fernique, Strasbourg astronomical Data Center (CDS) * URL: http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/ * Programming Language: Java * License: GPL-3 * Description: Interactive sky atlas for astronomical images and datasets Aladin is an desktop client for viewing and analysis of Virtual Observatory (VO) astronomical datasets in real-time. Data, tables and images are dynamically fetched and displayed to the user, via the network of registries and and data centres offering access using VO protocols. . Aladin is written in Java, released under the GPLv3 and maintined by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center (CDS). . http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/ The main code base is written in Java and published under the GPLv3 as Src.jar files, at: http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/nph-aladin.pl?frame=downloading These 'jarballs' are unversioned; a tool to download and renumber the upstream sources jarballs is available at: https://github.com/sladen/vo/blob/master/aladin-meta/fetch-aladin-source.py Several internal dependencies are used, (included by default as binary .class object in the source distribution: 'microhub' + dependencies, 'kxml2', 'jsamp', 'moc', 'cds-astro', 'savot'. These dependences need separately packaging and uploading first, and are listed in more detail at: https://github.com/sladen/vo/blob/master/aladin-meta/dependencies.md The current application-to-application data sharing protocol is SAMP, meaning that it should be possible to safely disable the the 'microhub') dependency. The Plastic Manager (supplied by Microhub) and its further dependencies appear to be frequently disabled in the main code anyway, and can likely be fully commented out the via the 'USE_PLASTIC_REQUESTED=false' code-paths. 'libkxml2-java' is already packaged in Debian as: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libkxml2-java 'jsamp' is available in 'debian-astro' revision control, based on previous work by Florian Rothmaier: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-astro/packages/jsamp.git/ 'MOC' presently has an unknown licence: http://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/MocInfo Both the 'CDS-Astro' and 'SAVOT3' libraries have a non-free educational-use-only licence, requiring explicit permission for anything else. The Present restrictive CDS licence text is in: http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/resources/doku.php?id=using_conditions "reproduction and representation as a private copy or for educational and research purposes" / "la reproduction et la representation a titre de copie privee ou des fins d'enseignement et de recherche" Which is linked from the download pages at: http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/resources/doku.php?id=3Dunits "Read before any use of available Java classes" http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/resources/doku.php?id=3Dsavot_v3.0=20 "Read before any use of available Java classes" Although SAVOT3 appears under the educational-only (non-free) licence, there is a SAVOT4 GPL3 implementation from Andre Schaaff (CDS) to be found on Github. If this is API-compatible, it should be possible to package and switch to this: https://github.com/aschaaff/savot/ Communication is underway in order to try to get moc, cds-astro and, if needed SAVOT3, clearly under the GPL-3 licence aswell as this is required prior to inclusion in Debian. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFW6XOGc444tukM+iQRAkxQAKCTKJ95bFDfQxzelodiBFKhQ5bGXACdFBIN nFTvBYEMRZ2JqrBnOAVgXRM= =btVR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
