That sounds fine; Michael when you add this code to the module can you make a note of the pulic domain code in the review atp document?
Jody On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Steve Ansari <steve.ans...@noaa.gov> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I had to run this through the NOAA channels and there was some > simplification requested, but overall the code submission and integration is > fine. > > Here is the recommended header: > > /* > * GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit > * http://geotools.org > * > * (C) 2005-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) > * > * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public > * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; > * version 2.1 of the License. > * > * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > * Lesser General Public License for more details. > */ > /* > * NOTICE REGARDING STATUS AS PUBLIC DOMAIN WORK AND ABSENCE OF ANY > WARRANTIES > * > * The work (source code) was prepared by an officer or employee of the > * United States Government as part of that person's official duties, > thus > * it is a "work of the U.S. Government," which is in the public domain > and > * not elegible for copyright protection. See, 17 U.S.C. § 105. No > warranty > * of any kind is given regarding the work. > */ > > > Sound ok? > > Thanks, > Steve > > > > > > Michael Bedward said the following on 5/22/2009 2:52 AM: > > Super, thanks Jody. > > Steve - let me know if that's ok with you and, if it is, I'll move > your code into the library and let the users know about it. > > cheers > Michael > > > 2009/5/22 Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi Michael: > > We encountered this before; with respect to the contributions of Bryce. > > Here is what we came up with: > - Public domain contributions (ie gov employees) > individual code: can sign w/ no conflict as themselves > gov code: already public domain - OSGeo does not need a license treat > on a case by case basis > > Just like some of the files credit (c) Refractions in the header (for > my earlier work); the files Bryce worked on have the following > (Example from GeoTiffException): > > /* > * GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit > * http://geotools.org > * > * (C) 2005-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) > * > * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public > * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; > * version 2.1 of the License. > * > * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > * Lesser General Public License for more details. > */ > /* > * NOTICE OF RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN > * > * This work was created by employees of the USDA Forest Service's > * Fire Science Lab for internal use. It is therefore ineligible for > * copyright under title 17, section 105 of the United States Code. You > * may treat it as you would treat any public domain work: it may be used, > * changed, copied, or redistributed, with or without permission of the > * authors, for free or for compensation. You may not claim exclusive > * ownership of this code because it is already owned by everyone. Use this > * software entirely at your own risk. No warranty of any kind is given. > * > * A copy of 17-USC-105 should have accompanied this distribution in the > file > * 17USC105.html. If not, you may access the law via the US Government's > * public websites: > * - http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#105 > * - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/ (enter "17USC105" in the search > box.) > */ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
