Re: [RFC] Initial scan files troubles and brainstorming

[Oliver Schinagl <oliver+list@schinagl.nl>]

On 11-01-13 13:23, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:12:33 +0000
> Jonathan McCrohan <jmccrohan@gmail.com> escreveu:
>
>> On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:55:28 +0100, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
>>> Actually, there's plenty of apps etc that depend on it. I know some
>>> distro's install it into /usr/share/dvb for all to use. I think actually
>>> only a very small handfull use their own scanfiles. Very small handfull
>>> I belive ;)
>> Indeed. I have just gone to file an Intent To Package bug for the
>> dtv-scan-tables package in Debian, but I noticed that the COPYING and
>> README files were not split out from the dvb-apps tree.
>>
>> Logically it would follow that dtv-scan-tables is also licenced under
>> LGPL, the same as dvb-apps, but this needs to be stated explicitly.
>> This is especially true for distributions which be redistributing
>> dtv-scan-tables.
> As this is currently a copy of the dvb-apps, and the other patches added
> there are sent meant to be merged at dvb-apps, the license that applies
> on it should be inherited.
>
> That's said, this is just database entries where the values were obtained
> from a public service. Anyone else with access to the same
> transponders/carriers would be obtaining the very same data. So, I don't
> think that copyright law applies here. IANAL, but it sounds to me
> that such info would be public domain.
>
> Yet, to avoid legal issues, I suggest to copy the COPYING from
> the dvb-apps tree. Also, sooner or later a Makefile will likely be added
> there, and maybe some ancillary scripts. So, it makes sense to state
> the license there anyway.
License has been merged from dvb-apps (keeping history) and pushed to 
the repo.

> Regards,
> Mauro