Gabe:

We already have some experience of modules / extensions with a custom
LICENSE.md file - so you can follow that example (personally I find it
makes the codebase more difficult to manage).

It would however be easier if the LGPL code was maintained in GeoTools.

Related:
-
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/blob/main/src/community/gsr/LICENSE.md
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-186

--
Jody Garnett


On Wed, 7 Sept 2022 at 11:10, Gabriel Roldan <gabriel.rol...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> thanks for your replies.
>
> So yes, for the time being, my intention was to trim down the geotools
> code to the bare minimum
> needed to support only pgraster, without the other gt-imagemosaic-jdbc
> "spatial extensions", and include
> it all as part of geoserver's pgraster community module to have the less
> moving parts possible.
>
> I guess the only question is whether that's acceptable from the licencing
> point of view, since the copied
> and refactored gt code is LGPL. I didn't change the licence for that code
> of course. So, can it be kept
> in geoserver at least while a community module? or should I create a new
> pgraster unsupported extension
> in geotools?
>
> Cheers,
> Gabe
>
>
> On Tue, 6 Sept 2022 at 11:09, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 please work with your customer to seek extension status.
>>
>> Personally I would prefer to see this restored to geotools long term, but
>> that can be if it becomes stable enough for an extension.
>>
>> Jody
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 9:43 AM Gabriel Roldan <gabriel.rol...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I've just created a PR to resurrect the pgraster community module:
>>> https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/6166
>>>
>>> Since this is a customer requirement, consequently I'm stepping up
>>> as maintainer.
>>>
>>> To do so, I've copied the required code from gt-imagemosaic-jdbc:2.26.x,
>>> before the module was deleted from geotools, into pgraster itself, and
>>> removed
>>> support for other jdbc raster spatial extensions.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if that seems ok to the PSC.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> --
>>> Gabriel Roldán
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>> --
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>
>
> --
> Gabriel Roldán
>
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