Re: wsdl test files and licensing

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

>> As test data, there are several *.wsdl files as well as soap request
>> examples (these are *.xml files). All of them are not licensed,
>> except Debbugs.wsdl taken from the GNU ELPA debbugs package.
>
> What does "are not licensed" mean?  If it means "there is no license
> to distribute them", obviously we cannot distribute them.  That's a
> no-brainer.

I guess it means that it's a wild collection of files from unknown
sources with no explicit license header.  You can also search for WSDL
files.

  http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?WSDL
  http://webservices.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/AWSECommerceService.wsdl

Both don't declare any license.

> For test data, it might be possible (if one cannot get the copyright
> holders to sign a copyright assignment) to get a long with a copyright
> disclaimer where the copyright holder will disclaim all copyright
> interest in the respective files.  Again, this needs individual
> approval by Richard/clerk.

Would it help not to distribute such test data with emacs itself but to
have a script or the test itself download it if it's not already there?
I mean, those WSDL files describe (commercial) web services, so if I
wanted to use those services I'd need to download the files and analyze
them anyway.  Thus downloading them for running tests seems to be a
legit thing to do.

Bye,
Tassilo