xtide-data 20100529-1 / usr / share / doc / xtide-data / copyright

This package was debianized by Peter Galbraith <psg@debian.org> on
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:38:27 -0400.

It was downloaded from
 ftp://ftp.flaterco.com/xtide/harmonics-dwf-20100522-free.tar.bz2

Upstream Author: 

    Dave Flater <dave@flaterco.com>

Copyright: 

    Copyright of various parts of the data set are held by different
    parties.  See below.

License:

The Debian packaging is (C) 2007, Peter Galbraith <psg@debian.org> and
is licensed under the GPL, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.

The data are licensed as follows, from
http://www.flaterco.com/xtide/harmonics_boilerplate.txt :

# $Id: harmonics_boilerplate.txt 2456 2007-05-30 10:36:01Z flaterco $
#
# Definitions and constants for XTide
#
# NOTE:  This file should not be used as-is to provide a constituent
# set to harmgen because it contains multiple constituents with the
# same frequency.  A better constituent set is included in the harmgen
# distribution (see the README).
#
#
# ********* NOT FOR NAVIGATION ********
#
# *** DO NOT RELY ON THIS DATA FILE FOR DECISIONS THAT CAN RESULT IN ***
# ***                   HARM TO ANYONE OR ANYTHING.                  ***
#
# Highly trustworthy tide predictions cannot be achieved on a zero
# budget.  If you need guaranteed results, don't use these data!
# Contact the tide authority for your region (NOAA in the U.S.).
#
# This data file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without any warranty that its use will NOT
# INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS, and without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
#
# WHOEVER CHOOSES TO REDISTRIBUTE THESE DATA ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY
# ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.  NEITHER DAVID FLATER NOR ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED
# SHALL BE LIABLE PERSONALLY OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY LOSSES THAT THE
# REDISTRIBUTOR MIGHT SUFFER AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ANY CLAIMS, BOGUS OR
# OTHERWISE, THAT ARE MADE TO THESE DATA.
#
#
# --- Notes to contributors ---
#
# After getting legal threats from the U.K. Hydrographic Office, I am
# no longer willing to accept any data without an explicit statement
# from the copyright owner or eminent authority either granting
# permission for non-commercial use with XTide or explaining that such
# permission is not required.  The absence of a copyright notice is
# not sufficient; however, a blanket permission for non-commercial use
# is sufficient.
#
# For more technical reasons, I am not prepared to accept data under
# conditions that require me to track uses of the data, to limit the
# uses of the data to a particular time period, or to verify that
# every user has read the legalese.  XTide has many different
# interfaces by which users can obtain results, and such requirements
# are impossible to implement in a reasonable and consistent fashion
# across all interfaces.  For a reasonable compromise, see what was
# done for the POL data:  a reference to legalese is included in the
# location name field.
#
#
# --- Copyright statements ---
#
# United States:  Data published by the U.S. government is by law
# non-proprietary.  Stations in the U.S., territories of the U.S.,
# commonwealths associated with the U.S., and countries with a Compact
# of Free Association with the U.S. have been included.  A few other
# stations available from the NOS web site have been dropped.
#
#   Notice available on the NOS web site at
#   http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/disclaimers.html as of
#   2007-05-30:
#
#   The information on government servers are in the public domain,
#   unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by
#   the public. Before using information obtained from this server,
#   special attention should be given to the date and time of the data
#   and products being displayed. This information shall not be
#   modified in content and then presented as official government
#   material.
#
#   The user assumes the entire risk related to its use of these
#   data. NOS is providing these data "as is," and NOS disclaims any
#   and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without
#   limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness
#   for a particular purpose. In no event will NOS be liable to you or
#   to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental,
#   consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit
#   resulting from any use or misuse of this data.
#
#   NOS requests that attribution be given whenever NOS material is
#   reproduced and re-disseminated. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 403, third
#   parties producing copyrighted (compilation) works consisting
#   predominantly of material created by Federal Government employees
#   are encouraged to provide notice with such work(s) identifying the
#   U.S. Government material incorporated and stating that such
#   material is not subject to copyright protection.