Some of those files are in the public domain because they were written by US Government employees as part of their work, so I think they really are in the public domain (as mentioned in your second link) and we can't (? shouldn't?) change that. Others are specifically placed in the public domain as part of our tutorials and again I'm not sure about the process for retrospectively re-licensing them.
Is the public domain thing only an issue in the US? Ian On 26 August 2016 at 18:16, Eric Engle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > The main license > <https://github.com/geotools/geotools/blob/master/licenses/GeoTools.html#L27> > declares > that some files can do their own thing, and indeed ~70 do just that > <http://pastebin.com/5nyNs7Gu>. But a public domain declaration is open > to interpretation <http://www.rosenlaw.com/lj16.htm>. > > I wanted to clear up this issue. Jody's suggested perhaps releasing these > files under a BSD license instead. Any issues with doing that? > > Your advice would be much appreciated. Kind regards, > > - Eric > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > GeoTools-Devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > > -- Ian Turton
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