On 11/06/2010, Kristian Rosenvold <kristian.rosenv...@gmail.com> wrote: > fr., 11.06.2010 kl. 06.35 -0700, skrev Jason van Zyl: > > > On Jun 10, 2010, at 11:27 PM, Kristian Rosenvold wrote: > > > > > I have a memoizer > > > (http://www.javaconcurrencyinpractice.com/listings/Memoizer.java) that > > > I'd like to include "somewhere" in our code base. It's like 30 lines of > > > code or so. > > > > > > Ï've seen this snippet of code (or extremely minor permutations of it) > > > appear a number of places, under various lisence headers, for instance: > > > > > > > http://www.koders.com/java/fid960BDFDD3A35D42E6652E79BA3F959A375024F0B.aspx?s=mdef%3Acompute > > > > > > > > > What's the appropriate thing to do IP-wise wrt including such a piece of > > > code ? The specific implementation I've linked to appears on page 108 of > > > the "Java Concurrency in practice" book. > > > > > > > It's fine, bringing anything up on the legal lists here is a waste of time. > > > will check the code with the folks at Eclipse and let you know if there is > > any problem. > > Apache has no IP checking system at all so it's honestly generally useless > asking anyone here. > > Eclipse has a real IP clearance mechanism with real lawyers, with a real > set of tools for > > validation using humans, Black Duck and Palimida. If you've found a public > domain license > > then you're fine, but I'll ask the Eclipse IP team. > > > Sebb identified the piece of code as "public domain" via the official > website of the book; I was looking in the hardcopy and couldn't find it > in the printed book. So much for dead trees. > > Now the link Brett sent doesn't explicitly name "Public domain" as a > "license" with compatibility constraints, but it seems implied in the > section on Doug Lea's concurrent library: > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#concurrent
The section at http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a includes the link: "Creative Commons Copyright-Only Dedication" which links to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ i.e. the same as in the http://www.javaconcurrencyinpractice.com/listings.html So I think it's clear that the link Brett supplied does apply to ASF code so long as you use the source from the JCIP site. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
