Re: celestia and JPL license

2005-10-03 Thread Mathias Weyland
On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 09:32:27AM -0400, Joe Smith wrote: Hi Thanks a lot for the information which has been collected in this thread. Has anybody sought clarification from JPL about the case where standard media credit lines do not apply? I tried to contact JPL because of the problem but

Re: celestia and JPL license

2005-09-18 Thread Joe Smith
Mathias Weyland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Some time ago I adopted the celestia package. The package contains textures which seem not to be DFSG free. (see bug #174456). It looks like the main problem is the NASA's JPL license[1]. I have two options now:

Re: celestia and JPL license

2005-09-14 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 05:49:46PM +0100, Lewis Jardine wrote: If the clause were demanding that attribution go right next to the use of the image, this would be non-free, right? Yes, constraints on the *manner* in which you credit somebody are generally non-free. Licenses that merely require

celestia and JPL license

2005-09-12 Thread Mathias Weyland
Hi Some time ago I adopted the celestia package. The package contains textures which seem not to be DFSG free. (see bug #174456). It looks like the main problem is the NASA's JPL license[1]. I have two options now: Either I replace those textures by DFSG-free ones, or I move the package to

Re: celestia and JPL license

2005-09-12 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Mathias Weyland [EMAIL PROTECTED] It looks like the main problem is the NASA's JPL license[1]. [1] http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/policy/index.cfm Hm, wouldn't the material ostensibly under that license generally fall under the U.S. government work copyright exclusion? -- Henning

Re: celestia and JPL license

2005-09-12 Thread MJ Ray
Mathias Weyland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some time ago I adopted the celestia package. The package contains textures which seem not to be DFSG free. (see bug #174456). It looks like the main problem is the NASA's JPL license[1]. I have two options now: Either I replace those textures by

Re: celestia and JPL license

2005-09-12 Thread Lewis Jardine
Mathias Weyland wrote: I don't understand what makes the JPL policy DSFG-nonfree :( I'm guessing 'By electing to download the material from this web site the user agrees: ... 2. to use a credit line in connection with images.' is a restriction on modification (DFSG #3). If the pictures are

Re: celestia and JPL license

2005-09-12 Thread Humberto Massa GuimarĂ£es
I'm guessing 'By electing to download the material from this web site the user agrees: ... 2. to use a credit line in connection with images.' is a restriction on modification (DFSG #3). I don't think a credit line is enough to trigger DFSG#3, because it would fall under proper attribution

Re: celestia and JPL license

2005-09-12 Thread Lewis Jardine
Humberto Massa GuimarĂ£es wrote: I don't think a credit line is enough to trigger DFSG#3, because it would fall under proper attribution of copyright IMHO. Maybe I'm misreading this, but the license seems to suggest that it has to be included as part of the image, not just in the