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So, to sum it up, here's what we would like to see:
The license needs to permit people to create derived works of the EPSG
dataset. Simply because we cannot fathom any possible derived works does
not mean that the right should be withheld. This is at the very heart of
open source and free software. However, it is perfectly acceptable to
say that those derived works may not call themselves the EPSG dataset.
Yes I agree. Understood here.
However to be bad a bit, i really look forward for someone who can invent a
new projection for his own pospose :-) Maybe. It will be never used by no one,
not even for survey the back yard garden :) Maybe bottom of my aquarium ?
it wouldn be serious one at all.
But than, e.g if i invent one wich i think fit perfect for some land i will look
forward anyway for someone's help to certificate at all it, since i will not be able
to claim it is functional and better and more precise than i dont know wich one
particulary. And if its about certificate it probably i go EPSG to help me out.
Maybe its similar with encryption algorithms, where olso is pretty difficult
to come out these days with a new one, and claim its performance and usability
in some ways. I still can use my early high scool one invented
"reverse mixing of ABC letters" TM at all, but probably just for send out mail
to my
girlfriend :-D
Just my +.5 cent opinion, i still think here is very low interest to alter EPSG and
make derivative work out of it. It see total nonsense in real world.
If we can get that, we can include the EPSG dataset in Fedora. :)
Would be great !
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Balint Cristian (Red Hat Release Engineering Team)