On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Henri Yandell wrote: > On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Martin Cooper wrote: > > I found a few things not yet mentioned: > > > > 1) In codec\Metaphone.java, "Copyright 1997, William B. Brogden", which is > > clearly a problem. > > Sorry, my fault. I can and will remove this, and will go back in my > records for the email in which he gave me the acceptance to take the code. > [I think he said it was public domain.] > > Will provide more info in a bit.
I do not believe we can attach a copyright and/or license to any public domain code without getting into murky water. Actually, I don't believe *anyone* can attach a copyright to public domain code without getting into murky water. Actually, I don't even think that's murky. The way I've understood discussion on reorg@apache, when we need answers on whether things like this will cause problems, we send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, if you want to keep the code (it's sandbox code in a not-very-active component), dig up your documentation on where the code originated and any circumstances surrounding it, and attach it to an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] where you can ask whether its ok. It'd probably be nice to include an executive summary so that the board can decipher what you're talking about a bit quicker. regards, michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
