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clarifying copyright of data files

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Hi, could you clarify the copyright or provenance of the data files in vtkplotter_examples/data ? We need to make sure we’re allowed to redistribute them.

grep -Eir '(copyright|©)' * gives a hit on various files apparently not covered by vtkplotter-examples’ own MIT licence.

skyscraper.obj and shuttle.obj are the most problematic, since they explicitly indicate copyright “Viewpoint Datalabs International, Inc. Copyright 1996”, but with no indication of Licence to redistribute.

Others are:

Copyright needs clarification:

vtkplotter_examples/data/skyscraper.obj:#  Viewpoint Datalabs International, Inc.  Copyright 1996
vtkplotter_examples/data/shuttle.obj:#  Viewpoint Datalabs International, Inc.  Copyright 1996
vtkplotter_examples/data/images/fenics_logo.png
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/dog.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/limbs_tc.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/schrod.png matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/tropical.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/wave_wiki.png matches

Apparent false positive (binary '©'), or needs clarification:

Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/combxyz.bin matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/frog.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/combq.bin matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/frog.obj.gz matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/flamingo.3ds matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/origami_train.stl matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/office.binary.vtk matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/snake.xml.gz matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/270_flank.vtk matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/airplanes_frames/frame_36_delay-0.08s.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/airplanes_frames/frame_42_delay-0.08s.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/airplanes_frames/frame_43_delay-0.08s.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/airplanes_frames/frame_07_delay-0.08s.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/airplanes_frames/frame_21_delay-0.08s.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/airplanes_frames/frame_30_delay-0.08s.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/wave_wiki.png matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/dog.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/vlogo_large.png matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/tropical.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/vlogo_tube.png matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/limbs_tc.jpg matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/vlogo_medium.png matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/vlogo_small_dark.png matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/images/schrod.png matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/lego_beam.xml.gz matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/timecourse1d.npy matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/shark.ply matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/fenics.xml.gz matches
Binary file vtkplotter_examples/data/290.xml.gz matches

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Created 4 years ago
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drew-parsonscommented, Jun 14, 2020

Thanks Marco, it looks ok. I’ve been waiting for it to get processed in the Debian NEW queue. But your files look fine, safe to keep this bug closed.

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drew-parsonscommented, Mar 12, 2020

I think that covers it fine.

The Simplified Pixabay licence is short, you could insert it explicitly but probably the link to the source is enough.

Conversely the LGPL is long, you could place the LGPL files at the end, or place the copy of the LGPL at the end.

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