[Kstars-devel] Re: About packaging kstars data files

[Noel David Torres Taño]

On Martes 02 Noviembre 2010 01:44:43 usted escribió:
> Hi Noel, and others,
> 
> I got an almost immediate reply from Jason regarding this stuff. While
> the site that I linked to is down, the WayBack Machine shows that we
> were indeed compliant with the policy (as advertised when we used that
> data):
> 
> http://web.archive.org/web/20070303235508/http://adc.astro.umd.edu/adc/ques
> tions_feedback.html#policies
> 
> The site reads:
> 
>   All ADC data are public domain unless otherwise stated in the
>   "ReadMe" file. The data are for scientific use only and have no
>   commercial value.
> 
>   Use of ADC data in reports, publications or formal presentations of
>   any kind should be acknowledged by reference to the original authors
>   and publication and to the ADC. The acknowledgement might read:
> 
>   This paper uses data provided by Joe/Jane Astronomer in AJ, 110,
>   1992 as distributed by the Astronomical Data Center at NASA Goddard
>   Space Flight Center.
> 
> Maybe we should, although we are not technically any sort of paper
> publication, make it clear somewhere in the README, that the Tycho-2
> catalog is attributed to them.
> 
> Noel, is this sufficient? Any advice that you'd have?
> 
> Regards
> Akarsh

Thanks for the work. It is enough for me, and I hope it will be for Debian, 
since data are named as "public domain". Anyway I will personally check the 
ReadMe file. I will send this to them and I will keep you in touch.

Do this work as well to the USNO NOMAD catalog?

Thanks again

Noel
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