Evaluate software77's geoip database
As a stopgap, since blockfinder isn't yet giving us geoip files and maxmind is deteriorating, is to consider use of software77.net/geo-ip 's geoip database.
The format is almost the same as Maxmind's. Two issues to evaluate before we can use it:
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The database says it's licensed under the GPLv3. Would we satisfy the terms of the GPLv3 by merely attributing it correctly and distributing the database itself under GPLv3, or would any part of Tor's license need to change? Wendy claims the former, and suggests that copyrights on databases are already pretty weak in the US.
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How good is the database? To what extent does it agree/disagree with maxmind's?