Thanks for the quick response all. > Some of those files are in the public domain because they were written by US Government employees.
Okay, should be fine if those still public domain at the end, then. Let's focus on the others. > Others are specifically placed in the public domain as part of our tutorials Who knows how to go about relicensing them? Who does the actual header change, after what steps? Best regards, Eric On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 1:43 AM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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