[Kstars-devel] Cities.dat

[Jasem Mutlaq]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jason Harris [mailto:kstars at 30doradus.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 04:34 PM
>To: 'KStars Development Mailing List'
>Subject: [Kstars-devel] Cities.dat
>
>Hello,
>
>I just got a request from someone who wants to use our Cities.dat file in 
>their project, which is licensed with Artistic, not GPL.  I was about to tell 
>him to go ahead, because I don't assert a copyright on Cities.dat; I think it 
>should be public domain.  
>
>However, it occurs to me that I never explicitly specified that Cities.dat is 
>public domain, so now I am worried that people may have contributed data to 
>Cities.dat, under the assumption that it was GPL'd.  
>
>So what should I do?
>
>1.  Attach a Public Domain notice to Cities.dat, and tell this person to go 
>ahead.
>
>2. Attach a GPL notice to Cities.dat, and tell this person he can use it, but 
>only if Cities.dat remains GPL'd.
>
>I guess I am leaning toward #2, rito be safe.
>

I personally prefer #1, #2 is a bit restrictive.

- Jasem