Hi Jody, what a job to look through the copyright statements! I will see what I can find out from the IBM IP dept. At the time this code was developed, I thought the copyright statement was ok although I'm not sure I can find the history on this.
In poking around, there seem to be anomalies in other areas of the code (just a random sampling): org.geotools.data.postgis.attributeio.WKBReader.java - (C) 2001 Vivid Solutions org.geotools.data.postgis.attributeio.WKBEncoder.java - Copyright both Geotools PMC and Refractions Research org.geotools.data.oracle.OracleDataStore.java - no copyright Regards, David At 08:39 AM 7/9/2006, Jody Garnett wrote: >I have included a review.txt file in your DB2 module, I noticed that all >headers are marked as (C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved. > >Is this code something you wish the geotools community to take >responsibility for distributing? "All rights reserved" may prove >interesting for that .... > >I am unsure if the GeoTools PMC requires assignment of copyright or not? >The developers guide is fairly clear on the header used for library code, >but perhaps something was negotiated with James when I was not paying >attention. If so we need to update the developers guide ... > >On the pragmatic side the only reasons I can think to address this is if >the GeoTools PMC wants to either relicense, or assign copyright to others. >We are considering assigning the copyright to the OSGEO Foundation, and >you have mentioned that you may prefer a different license in the past. >Mentioned in the review.txt is the possibility of IBM donating the >code/copyright to OSGEO formally for a bit of PR as geotools works through >incubation. > > From my perspective the code is compatible in license, and I am fairly > content. As long as all content is under the same license as a courtesy >to library users. I do not wish users of the geotools library to negotiate >several licenses if we can avoid it. > >Thanks also for making a stub jar so that we can seamless included DB2 in >our build and release cycles. > >We will need to explore the answers to the above questions in the next >couple months. I would like to have a game plan in place and the GeoTools >library moving along in through incubation, before chatting face to face >with other in OSGEO during FOSS4G in September. > >Jody > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
