Re: IRAF package license

2004-05-15 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On May 14, 2004, at 16:26, Nathanael Nerode wrote: In the US, no copyrights will actually expire for twenty years or more. s/for twenty years or more// :-(

Re: IRAF package license

2004-05-14 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Justin Pryzby wrote: > Are the UCAR routines copyright of the type that will expire (this > year?)? In the US, no copyrights will actually expire for twenty years or more. -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Re: IRAF package license

2004-05-10 Thread Michael Poole
Justin Pryzby writes: > I'll mail them today. The UCAR/NCAR routines are: > > "Copyright (C) 1986 by UCAR" > > and the LZW compression routine algorithm, which will be allowed in > Debian main shortly has: > > Date of Patent: Dec. 10, 1985 > > Are the UCAR routines copyright

Re: IRAF package license

2004-05-10 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 03:59:01AM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 'Under new guidelines from the National Science Foundation, this NCAR > > software package is copyrighted and, therefore, not in the public domain. > > Distribution by NCAR does not inc

Re: IRAF package license

2004-05-10 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > TABLES has the following license: > This software was prepared by Space Telescope Science Institute under > U.S. Government contract NAS5-26555. Users shall not, without prior > written permission of the U.S. Government, establish a claim to > statutory

Re: IRAF package license

2004-05-09 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Justin Pryzby wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm near completion of a Debian package of IRAF, previously packaged by > Zed Paubre, who has agreed to sponsor me. I believe this new release > has new license issues. > > Here's the deal. IRAF depends on TABLES Really? :-P Ow. Oh, wait, I think I see.

IRAF package license

2004-05-08 Thread Justin Pryzby
Greetings, I'm near completion of a Debian package of IRAF, previously packaged by Zed Paubre, who has agreed to sponsor me. I believe this new release has new license issues. Here's the deal. IRAF depends on TABLES (distributed separately, but TABLES depends on IRAF, so I'm preparing a new tar