Hi Martin, I think it's totally fair use, especially in the context of Javadoc.
However, we don't modify the Apache License, version 2, we add the statement you mentioned to our NOTICE.txt file (I think). Kevan M -- thoughts? Cheers, Chris On 3/20/13 3:29 AM, "Martin Desruisseaux" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello all > >Since the metadata classes to be committed to SIS implement GeoAPI >interfaces, the Javadoc of those classes reproduce the GeoAPI Javadoc. >Not necessarily identical (they are sometime extended with SIS-specific >explanations), but still close. Those Javadoc are themselves derived >from OGC/ISO specifications (again not identical since they have been >adapted to the Java world). Most of them are single sentences like "Name >and position information for an individual or organization that is >responsible for the resource." > >I asked a while ago to some OGC peoples about that, and I have been told >that this was okay since the goal of the specification authors is to see >their standards widespread. Furthermore, the original texts are already >distributed in XML format at http://schemas.opengis.net (see for example >[1]). So if I'm understanding right, including those texts (in a >modified form) in the SIS Javadoc could be seen as "fair use" in the >spirit of standards. Do other peoples have similar feeling? > >For the classes containing such Javadoc, I add the following paragraph >just below the Apache 2 license. Does it sound something okay? > > This package contains documentation from OGC specifications. > Open Geospatial Consortium's work is fully acknowledged here. > > > Martin > > >[1] http://schemas.opengis.net/iso/19139/20070417/gmd/citation.xsd >
