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authorMathis Rosenhauer <rosenhauer@dkrz.de>2016-10-10 13:58:24 +0200
committerMathis Rosenhauer <rosenhauer@dkrz.de>2016-10-10 13:59:04 +0200
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Rename file to avoid confusion with libaec license
-rw-r--r--Makefile.am2
-rw-r--r--README4
-rw-r--r--README.md4
-rw-r--r--doc/patent.txt (renamed from doc/license.txt)22
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 58c6899..1da7c08 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
SUBDIRS = src tests
-EXTRA_DIST = doc/license.txt CMakeLists.txt cmake/config.h.in \
+EXTRA_DIST = doc/patent.txt CMakeLists.txt cmake/config.h.in \
cmake/macros.cmake README.SZIP Copyright.txt data
sampledata = 121B2TestData
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4ecae6f..5e0f494 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ System Standard documents 121.0-B-2 [1] and 120.0-G-2[2].
**********************************************************************
- Patents
+ Patent
**********************************************************************
-In doc/license.txt a clarification on potentially applying
+In doc/patent.txt a clarification on potentially applying
intellectual property rights is given.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8e0340..6b0817e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ defined in the Space Data System Standard documents [121.0-B-2][1] and
Source code and binary installer can be [downloaded here](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/k202009/libaec/tags).
-## Patents
+## Patent
-In [license.txt](doc/license.txt) a clarification on potentially
+In [patent.txt](doc/patent.txt) a statement on potentially
applying intellectual property rights is given.
## Installation
diff --git a/doc/license.txt b/doc/patent.txt
index b729d20..c49e4bb 100644
--- a/doc/license.txt
+++ b/doc/patent.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Lossless Data Compression,Recommended Standard, Issue 2, MAy 2012, CCSDS, 121.0-B-2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-License Considerations, Section A3, page 37
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Lossless Data Compression, Recommended Standard, Issue 2, May 2012,
+CCSDS 121.0-B-2
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Patent Considerations, Section A3, page 37
-With respect to this issue we got the following information from the aforementioned
-NASA contact:
+With respect to this issue we got the following information from
+NASA's Chief Patent Counsel:
From: Geurts, Bryan A. (GSFC-1401)
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:14 PM
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: (301) 286-7352
Fax: (301) 286-9502
-Reassuring this information in August 2012 because of the license
+Reassuring this information in August 2012 because of the patent
considerations in the above referenced CCSDS standard:
From: Geurts, Bryan A. (GSFC-1401)
@@ -48,8 +49,9 @@ your own risk and NASA cannot warrant that its use will satisfy your
particular needs or that your use will not infringe on another's
intellectual property rights.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
-The cited CCSDS standard does not refer to any other intellectual property rights.
+The cited CCSDS standard does not refer to any other intellectual
+property rights.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-------------------------------------------------------------------