[tz] Fwd: Bulletin C number 57

Martin Burnicki martin.burnicki at meinberg.de
Tue Jan 8 08:02:29 UTC 2019


Paul Eggert wrote:
> Brian Inglis wrote:
>> suggests CC-PDM, CC0, ODC-PDDL, OGL, or EUPL may be suitable depending
>> on which
>> explicit permissions are required and whether obligations should be
>> applied.
>>
>> Which of these are preferred by the masintainer?
> 
> The intent of the tzdb (see Internet RFC 6657 section 7) is that it be
> in the public domain, so CC-PDM sounds like it's the most-appropriate.
> CC-BY 4.0 places more requirements than what RFC 6657 would allow, so it
> would be more problematic.

Maybe one of you should make a concrete proposal to Christian Bizouard
and tell him which text should be added in which places to meet your
requirements.

I'm not familiar with those licensing details, and I'm afraid the folks
at IERS aren't, either.

Martin
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