Hello Dominic Thank you for your email regarding OSTN02 data.
Apologies for the delay in reply but the area I needed to pass the information to have been away. They state that following the links you have provided it seems like you are proposing a change to some Perl code that is delivered as part of the Debian flavour of the Linux operating system. The code in question looks like it provides utilities to convert coordinates and carry out the OSTN02 transformation. Looking at the page for the existing code they are happy that the README file contains an adequate nod to the data being Crown Copyright. However, it seems to them that the code does a perfectly good job of implementing OSTN02 so they are not sure why you are proposing to change it or add the NTv2 version of the OSTN02 data set. They are happy that if the NTv2 data is incorporated into the code then as long as the README file contains the additional line: "NTv2 format OSTN02 data is (c) UK MOD Crown Copyright, 2002. All rights reserved." They are also happy that our requirement for logo display can be relaxed. I do hope you will find this helpful. Kind regards Neil. Neil Wilson Customer Service Advisor Business Enquiries Team, Ordnance Survey Adanac Drive, SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, SO16 0AS Phone: +44 (0) 8453 757535 |Fax: +44 (0) 8450990494 www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk | businessenquir...@ordnancesurvey.co.uk Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this email. Follow us: Ordnance Survey Blog | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter: Ordnance Survey and OS Leisure -----Original Message----- From: Dominic Hargreaves [mailto:d...@earth.li] Sent: 29 May 2012 18:43 To: Customer Services Cc: 664...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Licensing for OSTN02 data Hello, Would you be able to put me in touch with the relevant department concerning the licence grants related to the OSTN02 data described at <http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gps/osnetfreeservices/further info/ostn02_ntv2.html>? I have a query relating to use of this data in Free (please see [1] for what I mean by this) software; in particular I would like to be able to use this data in the widely used Debian GNU/Linux operating system. You can find information about my request for some software to be included at <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664558> The crux of the question is whether you would be able to clarify whether you consider that the licence allows modification, in order to meet one of the essential definitions here: http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines as well as whether you can relax the requirement for the display of the logo since the software in question is a library package and as such has no way to display the logo. Please note that I have CCed this request to a publicly archived email address corresponding to the above bug report. I hope that you will feel able to include the CC in any response. Many thanks, Dominic. [1] <http://www.debian.org/intro/free> -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) This email is only intended for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Unless stated otherwise, the contents of this email are personal to the writer and do not represent the official view of Ordnance Survey. Nor can any contract be formed on Ordnance Survey's behalf via email. We reserve the right to monitor emails and attachments without prior notice. Thank you for your cooperation. Ordnance Survey Adanac Drive Southampton SO16 0AS Tel: 08456 050505 http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e65bd2d936436e41bb1d0ac2985c0458de5...@os2k207.ordsvy.gov.uk
