I have no problem with making these BSD or wtfpl <http://www.wtfpl.net> etc... they key point is we want everyone to be able to use these as cut and paste programming.
-- Jody Garnett On 27 August 2016 at 09:40, Ian Turton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > GeoTools-Devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > >
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