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List:       kde-edu-devel
Subject:    Re: [kde-edu-devel]  [Ben Burton <bab@debian.org>] Removing kstars
From:       Jason Harris <kstars () 30doradus ! org>
Date:       2003-06-23 14:24:11
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Hello,

This is a non-issue; we don't use non-free data in kstars.  The star catalog 
is not the Yale Bright Star Catalog, it's (a subset of) the SAO star catalog, 
from the ADC.

As stated in the ADC FAQ, all of its data catalogs are in the public domain, 
unless otherwise stated in the catalog's README:
http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/questions_feedback.html#policies1%22

There is no statement made in the SAO catalog's README file about it being 
non-public domain:
ftp://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/adc/archives/catalogs/1/1131A/ReadMe

Therefore, it is public domain.  What is the problem?

regards,
Jason

-- 
KStars:  A K Desktop Planetarium
http://edu.kde.org/kstars
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