Tim Parenti wrote:
On 15 February 2016 at 13:29, Arthur David Olson <arthurdavidolson@gmail.com <mailto:arthurdavidolson@gmail.com>> wrote:
Unless the copyright situation has changed since then...
Hm, I've just had a look at the current file once more: https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/ntp/leap-seconds.list I don't see any copyright statement at all in it, nor in the directory containing the file. Would we require a statement telling explicitly that permission to copy the file is granted?
I'm not sure how the staff of IERS feel about this, but this sounds like the kind of thing that might perhaps be solved by a simple request. If, as Steve says, they're "on public record as having interest in disseminating the information", then perhaps they'd be glad to more explicitly place it in the public domain.
I think this is true. I've been earlier in touch with the folks who create the file so I'll contact them and ask ... Martin -- Martin Burnicki MEINBERG Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG Email: martin.burnicki@meinberg.de Phone: +49 (0)5281 9309-14 Fax: +49 (0)5281 9309-30 Lange Wand 9, 31812 Bad Pyrmont, Germany Amtsgericht Hannover 17HRA 100322 Geschäftsführer/Managing Directors: Günter Meinberg, Werner Meinberg, Andre Hartmann, Heiko Gerstung Web: http://www.meinberg.de