Hi Andreas,
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 05:48:35PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > > I included a genome sequence from NCBI as test data. Should I indicate > the > > > source of this data somewhere in the package (e.g., in Readme.tests)? > > > > I think the best place would be debian/copyright since a data file > > should come with a license. I would say something like > > > > > > Files: debian/tests/test-data > > Copyright: yyyy-yyyy Copyright-Owner > > License: > > Comment: > > This file was obtained by > > wget URL > > Please let us know here on the list if you spot any problem to fill > in the details. I have tried to find the information that should be placed in d/copyright, but unfortunately, I don't have any experience with this kind of stuff. So this is what I have found so far: - I downloaded the test sequence from the Ensemble Bacteria, which is an online database of EMBL-EBI. At the bottom of the sequence page <http://bacteria.ensembl.org/Candidatus_carsonella_ruddii_dc/Info/Index>, it is indicated "Ensembl Bacteria release 38 - January 2018 © EMBL-EBI". I couldn't find any license they may have for the data, except that Terms of Use <https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/terms-of-use> states: "EMBL-EBI itself places no additional restrictions on the use or redistribution of the data available via its online services other than those provided by the original data owners." - At first, the sequence was deposited in the GenBank database (as said in this paper <http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(13)00752-5>). I didn't find if the GenBank has copyright, but they say here <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/>: "NCBI places no restrictions on the use or distribution of the GenBank data. However, some submitters may claim patent, copyright, or other intellectual property rights in all or a portion of the data they have submitted." - Finally, I have found that the sequence itself has no patent (this had to be indicated in the field LOCUS of the GenBank file <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/CP003467?report=genbank> as PAT). I suspect the sequence has no copyright as well, although I can't find a confirmation. Could you, please, point me in the right direction. I feel like I'm getting stuck. Thank you, Liubov
