[Bug 621416] Review Request: libgeotiff -- GeoTIFF format library

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--- Comment #20 from Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> 2010-08-23 08:35:50 EDT ---
Well, I would think the best bet would be to reach out to the EPSG folks and
try to start a dialog about amending the license so that it is acceptable for
Fedora (aka Free).

Specifically, the changes we would want are:

* Clarification or removal around the restrictions for including the EPSG
dataset in a commercial offering. Would an image which contained only a trivial
program (helloworld.c) and the EPSG dataset be permitted to be sold? If the
answer is no, then it is a commercial use restriction.

(For what it is worth, I'm always baffled when people put commercial use
restrictions on code or content that is available at no cost over the internet,
especially when there is no hoops to jump through to acquire it. If someone is
silly enough to pay for it, why would you wish to prevent that?)

* Clarification around modification. Specifically, wording that indicates that
modification is always permitted, but that modifications outside of their
defined scope will require that the dataset be renamed to something which does
not use the EPSG trademarks.

There appears to be a place to leave a comment here:

http://www.epsg.org/Comms/Comment.asp

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