[LEAPSECS] private smear goes public

[Brooks Harris]

Thanks Tony,

On 2016-12-02 10:03 AM, Tony Finch wrote:
> Brooks Harris <brooks at edlmax.com> wrote:
>
>> Can you explain that copyright issue further? I was under the impression
>> Bulletin C and related from IERS were public.
> There was a discussion of this issue on the tz list in February:
> http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-February/023171.html
>
> Tony.

I see the discussion. On quick review, as I understand it, IERS Bulletin 
C is the single most official Leap Second announcement document -

Bulletin C 52
https://hpiers.obspm.fr/eoppc/bul/bulc/bulletinc.52

It does not have any copyright claims on it I can identify. Not do the 
other related files, like 
https://hpiers.obspm.fr/eoppc/bul/bulc/Leap_Second_History.dat.

Seems to me any copyright claim would defeat the IERS purposes. Seems to 
me if there were such it would have to be stated in Bulletin C itself.

Where did anyone learn there is some copyright issue with IERS documents?

-Brooks