On 17/05/11 16:47, andrea antonello wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> I am quite sure this is a leftover of a previous JGrass coauthor
> (basically I didn't know it was licensed) . I have to check how much
> it is needed. Maybe it can be removed.

I think rgb.txt is almost in the public domain, by common usage. It has 
been used and extended by many including Netscape Navigator and its 
descendants. And most X11 applications including Tk. I wonder if just a 
comment attributing the origin would be sufficient? I do not think the 
colour table it should be removed.

> Regarding the tokenizer I am quite sure I checked license
> compatibility and then put the geotools header on top, leaving also
> the old reference. Thinking about it back then it seemed the proper
> way to me, but now I agree with you. I am not sure what should be
> done. Can other license headers stay were they are if compatible,
> right? Should it be mentioned?

The tokenizer is perfectly compatible (LGPLv2). The Format class is the 
one that requires a new license statement when shipped:

"Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution."

-- 
Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>
Software Engineering Team Leader
CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering
Australian Resources Research Centre

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