Jody Garnett wrote: > James and Cory were collaborating on this one, we did contact the > Cynthia at the start of the project, and apparently it is going to be > common for GeoTools to have multiple license files in it (for EPSG, > HSQL Driver, and now color brewer data?) - what a pain for geotools > users! But at least after this IP check others will *know* what they > are getting into - which is one of the risks I get contacted about. > > Ian / Cory if you can review earlier emails on the subject and update > the review.txt as best we can, and then ask Cynthia for a sanity check?
I don't recall licensing being a topic of conversation back then... Browsing through e-mails, I don't seem any reference there either. Looking at colorbrewer.org, it seems it is now apache 2 licensed? So either: "Apache-Style Software License for ColorBrewer software and ColorBrewer Color Schemes Copyright (c) 2002 Cynthia Brewer, Mark Harrower, and The Pennsylvania State University. |Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |You may obtain a copy of the License at | || |http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | || |Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed | |under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR | |CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the | |specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License." or | "Apache-Style Software License for ColorBrewer Color Schemes Version 1.1 Copyright (c) 2002 Cynthia Brewer, Mark Harrower, and The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions as source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes color specifications and designs developed by Cynthia Brewer (http://colorbrewer.org/)." Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear. 4. The name "ColorBrewer" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact Cynthia Brewer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "ColorBrewer", nor may "ColorBrewer" appear in their name, without prior written permission of Cynthia Brewer. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL CYNTHIA BREWER, MARK HARROWER, OR THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE." ---- That's right, there is no "3". The 4 conditions seem to apply to both licenses|... 1: pass 2: fail -- uDig and GeoTools must add this to its docs then... but where? |4: pass 5: pass ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
