David Blasby wrote:
When I modified the PostGIS driver to (a) use Base64 and (b) optimize
WKB parsing, I added two file:
http://svn.geotools.org/geotools/trunk/gt/plugin/postgis/src/org/geotools/data/postgis/attributeio/Base64.java
http://svn.geotools.org/geotools/trunk/gt/plugin/postgis/src/org/geotools/data/postgis/attributeio/WKBReader.java
If you look at the headers, the first (Base64.java) is tagged as Public
Domain, and the 2nd (WKBReader.java) is based on the JTS LGPL code for
its WKBReader code. Both of them had to be modified.
I talked to jody about whats supposed to happen when you do this, but he
didnt know - so I'm asking the list.
1. leave it as is (ie. in the SVN repository)
2. create two jars with one class file in them, and stick them in the
.jar repository and include them using maven.
Dave,
You can apply your own license to public domain code at will. So just
attach a normal GeoTools header (copyright PMC and license LGPL) to it,
and then add some notes giving credit to the original authors and making
sure it is clear where it came from.
GeoTools is LGPL too, right? It is amazingly not evident what the GeoTools
license is without downloading a source tarball! So as long as both are
LGPL there should be no problem with letting the code all live together.
Just don't attempt to alter the copyright holder (presumably Vivid?).
I don't think there is any need to segregate code unless it is under a clearly
distinct license. Of course this is only from the OSGeo incubation point of
view. Perhaps GeoTools has additional strictures I don't know about.
Best regards,
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