Hello, There has been a discussion about incorporating your alphanum algorithm into the Directory abstraction in the Restlet project (www.restlet.org). Here is a link to the discussion: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.restlet/3725
The Restlet project founder, Jerome Louvel, indicated that the licensing of the Java version (LGPL/GPL) would require an external dependency; I think it can't be integrated directly since Restlet has different open source licensing options. For one small class, adding another dependency would be troublesome. Still, the alphanumeric sorting approach you propose would be a useful thing to incorporate. I have concerns about doing an independent implementation because it would likely bear substantial resemblance to yours. I thought we should ask you first, is it possible to place your existing class (or the first version thereof, before you accepted outside contributions) in the public domain? Or to contribute it to Restlet under the Restlet JCA? Thanks for such a useful idea and your thoughts on this licensing issue, - Rob Heittman
