Hello Bertil

One thing to keep in mind (maybe not to be resolved in this release, but before graduation). Proj4J (and its parent PROJ project) includes EPSG data, so the use of Proj4J dependency implies accepting EPSG terms of use [1]. PROJ claims to be under MIT license, but in my understanding this is copyright infringement. PROJ license should be MIT + EPSG terms of use.

EPSG terms of use is a Category X license for Apache. The use of EPSG data has been discussed in Apache Legal [2][3]. The conclusion was that an Apache project can include EPSG data if they are optional (i.e. the application can still do useful work without them), the main release does not contain them, and the data are available in a separated download prominently labelled as under a more restrictive license than Apache.

    Martin

[1]https://epsg.org/terms-of-use.html
[2]https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-183
[3]https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-347

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