Hello Neil, Thanks for your reply, and for the clarificaton that the logo does not need to be displayed.
With regards to the other modifications: the point is not that any modifications are desired at the moment, but that it is important in principle for software included in Debian that it *can* be modified if needed; this includes the data from the OS which has been incorporated into the software. This principle forms the basis of free/open source software. You can find out more about this in the links I provided earlier. What would be ideal from our perspective would be a modification of the licence terms of the OSTN02 data. An example of how this is sometimes done is http://www.debian.org/misc/bsd.license Regards, Dominic. On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:50:15AM +0100, Business Enquiries wrote: > 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. 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