[Proj] Use of SQLite

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Mon May 21 08:19:19 PDT 2018


On 21 May 2018 at 17:12, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 05/21/2018 04:56 PM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>> On 21 May 2018 at 16:41, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>> On 05/21/2018 04:32 PM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>>>> On 21 May 2018 at 16:22, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>>>> On 05/21/2018 12:52 PM, Even Rouault wrote:
>>>>>> So the idea would be to import the tables from a EPSG database dump (potentially not
>>>>>> in their raw form, but in a modified form to comply with current EPSG Term of Services.
>>>>>> We are working with IOGP on that issue) and add auxiliary tables/columns to define:
>>>>>
>>>>> The EPSG Terms of Services are still non-free, they don't allow
>>>>> modification of the data.
>>>>
>>>> Could you point exactly which terms of http://www.epsg.org/termsofuse
>>>> forbid modification of EPSG data?
>>>
>>> You should read my message again, > I quoted the relevant parts:
>>>
>>>>> Point 6.: "The data may be used, copied and distributed subject to
>>>>> the following conditions:", does not include modification.
>>
>> I believe I have read it carefully enough.
>>
>> My point was, that your conclusion above, ie. "does not include modification"
>> seems to be a bit premature and inaccurate for the overal picture of
>> what is permitted or and what is not.
>> Especially, that the ToU only explicitly forbids distribution for profit.
>
> It forbids distribution of the EPSG Facilities for profit, not the data.

The ToU I'm reading states this

"EPSG Facilities" means the Registry, the EPSG Dataset means the
Registry, the EPSG Dataset
(published through the Registry or through a downloadable MS-Access
file or through a set of SQL
scripts that enable a user to create an Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL or
other database and populate that database with the EPSG Dataset)

AFAIU, the "EPSG Facilities" include the "EPSG Dataset", hence the data.


I'm not trying to argue, rather to understand.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net



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