[GRASS5] Licence problem? SCS

[Thomas Adams]

Thierry,

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.

Tom


Thierry Laronde wrote:

>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,
>
>On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 09:49:48AM -0500, Thomas Adams wrote:
>  
>
>>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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>>>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.
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>-- 
>>Thomas E Adams
>>National Weather Service
>>Ohio River Forecast Center
>>1901 South State Route 134
>>Wilmington, OH 45177
>>
>>EMAIL:	thomas.adams at noaa.gov
>>
>>VOICE:	937-383-0528
>>FAX:	937-383-0033
>>
>>
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-- 
Thomas E Adams
National Weather Service
Ohio River Forecast Center
1901 South State Route 134
Wilmington, OH 45177

EMAIL:	thomas.adams at noaa.gov

VOICE:	937-383-0528
FAX:	937-383-0033

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