Bug#644650: tzdata: possible copyright violation

2011-10-08 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 10:01:58PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 09:22:17PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 21:17:35 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > > Package: tzdata > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've read today that upstream has taken down the sou

Bug#644650: tzdata: possible copyright violation

2011-10-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 09:22:17PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 21:17:35 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > Package: tzdata > > > > Hi, > > > > I've read today that upstream has taken down the source because > > of a law suite against them. From what I understand they hav

Bug#644650: tzdata: possible copyright violation

2011-10-07 Thread Julien Cristau
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 21:17:35 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > Package: tzdata > > Hi, > > I've read today that upstream has taken down the source because > of a law suite against them. From what I understand they have > based some of their historic information on the ACS American > Atlas. Upstr

Bug#644650: tzdata: possible copyright violation

2011-10-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
Package: tzdata Hi, I've read today that upstream has taken down the source because of a law suite against them. From what I understand they have based some of their historic information on the ACS American Atlas. Upstream believes that all information is in the public domain. Kurt -- To