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Thierry,<br>
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Very interesting. The differece between the U.S. and European countries
goes further, namely, the availability of geophysical/geographic data.
Again, in the U.S. the raw data is, for the most part, in the public
domain and is freely available. Some exceptions exist due to the the
problems with data access, but as technology advances and more data can
be stored online with easy internet access, U.S. data is freely
available. My understanding is that this is not the case in most of the
rest of the world.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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Thierry Laronde wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Thanks for the answer!
BTW, there is no such law here (in France) where public organizations
are even encouraged, nowadays, to patent their software (written with
public funds)... ironically even preventing local enterprises to be
silently "sponsored" via this release of code source...
Regards,
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<pre wrap="">Thierry,
The SCS (Soil Conservation Service), which is now called the Natural
Resources Conservation Service, is part of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. By law, all U.S. Government software is in the public
domain. Consequently, it is safe to use.
Tom
Thierry Laronde wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The programs like v.rmedge, v.extract and some others authored by
R. L. Glenn from SCS where in src.contrib.
I haven't found a licence for them, so strictly speaking since this
was not released as a core component of the public domain GRASS there
may be some problems.
Is there some information around? The fact that SCS is a governemental
organization (right?) is not enough.
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Thomas E Adams
National Weather Service
Ohio River Forecast Center
1901 South State Route 134
Wilmington, OH 45177
EMAIL: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:thomas.adams@noaa.gov">thomas.adams@noaa.gov</a>
VOICE: 937-383-0528
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