fr., 11.06.2010 kl. 06.35 -0700, skrev Jason van Zyl: > On Jun 10, 2010, at 11:27 PM, Kristian Rosenvold wrote: > > > I have a memoizer > > (http://www.javaconcurrencyinpractice.com/listings/Memoizer.java) that > > I'd like to include "somewhere" in our code base. It's like 30 lines of > > code or so. > > > > Ï've seen this snippet of code (or extremely minor permutations of it) > > appear a number of places, under various lisence headers, for instance: > > > > http://www.koders.com/java/fid960BDFDD3A35D42E6652E79BA3F959A375024F0B.aspx?s=mdef%3Acompute > > > > > > What's the appropriate thing to do IP-wise wrt including such a piece of > > code ? The specific implementation I've linked to appears on page 108 of > > the "Java Concurrency in practice" book. > > > > It's fine, bringing anything up on the legal lists here is a waste of time. > will check the code with the folks at Eclipse and let you know if there is > any problem. > Apache has no IP checking system at all so it's honestly generally useless > asking anyone here. > Eclipse has a real IP clearance mechanism with real lawyers, with a real set > of tools for > validation using humans, Black Duck and Palimida. If you've found a public > domain license > then you're fine, but I'll ask the Eclipse IP team.
Sebb identified the piece of code as "public domain" via the official website of the book; I was looking in the hardcopy and couldn't find it in the printed book. So much for dead trees. Now the link Brett sent doesn't explicitly name "Public domain" as a "license" with compatibility constraints, but it seems implied in the section on Doug Lea's concurrent library: http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#concurrent Kristian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
