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To: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 07:17:12PM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote:
> ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> writes:
> 
> > I want to slowly package OONI (https://ooni.torproject.org/).
> > One of its dependencies, txtorcon, requires python-geoip which
> > depends on geoip-c-api. I've got both covered, but both of them
> > want (either to download or to be present) for tests (a/the)
> > legacy database file of maxmind.
> >
> > Question 1: Can we distribute the database in a source? I can't
> > access the homepage of maxmind for cloudflare reasons.
> 
> The database is distributed freely under cc-by-sa4.0:
> 
> https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/geolite/#License
> 
> So packaging it should be fine. :)

This actually raises the issue of packaging large data files (we are
getting into TB's). Could there be a way Guix fetches external
datasets as part of the distribution? I think that if it is not
executable code and SHA values/pfff values match it would be safe to
do.

Idea? That is a first step towards reproducible analysis.

Pj.

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