That is great, thanks for the clarification - do you think you (as the author)
could put pull request in fixing those headers? Then I can cherry pick it onto
the 9.0-M1 branch.
Also: While I can link to this email discussion in the archives (public record
etc…), it would be nice if you could email sharon.corb...@eclipse.org with this
clarification.
--
Jody Garnett
On Tuesday, 20 August 2013 at 11:19 PM, Christian Mueller wrote:
> Hi Jody, I found the IBM header in
>
> DB2WKBReader.java
> DB2WKBConstants.java
> DB2FilterToSQL.java
> DB2WKBWriter.java
> DB2Util.java
>
>
> In DB2WKBConstants.java, I found a reference to David Adler.
>
> All those classes are still used and have been reworked/created completely
> by me. The only thing I did is copying some snippets (like constants) from
> Davids code. The IBM header is a copy & paste error. David Adler did not
> contribute to the db2-ng module.
>
> I had overseen the IBM copyright in the header, my mistake, sorry.
>
> Cheers
> Christian
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> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com
> (mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > Christian I have provided the following response (on your behalf as module
> > maintainer):
> >
> > Okay checking our notes (see link) this code remains the property of IBM.
> > An IBM employee directly worked with the project using an LGPL license
> > allowing us to distribute. We were going to revisit CLA after joining the
> > OSGeo foundation. The current module maintainer is not sure if these
> > classes are still used.
> >
> > Do you agree or have anything to add?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Christian Mueller
> > <christian.muel...@os-solutions.at
> > (mailto:christian.muel...@os-solutions.at)> wrote:
> > > Hi Jody.
> > >
> > > This file is quite old. Some facts about the db2-ng module.
> > >
> > > - The entire code was written by me
> > > - I am the module maintainer
> > > - There are no code contributions from David or the IBM
> > > - The stub jar mentioned above is gone, the whole module uses only the
> > > JDBC API
> > >
> > > I see no problems here, please change what you have to change.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Christian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com
> > > (mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > Just to bring this to your attention Christian:
> > > >
> > > > These ones are actually a blocker, preventing DB2 from being in
> > > > upcoming releases.
> > > >
> > > > Due to the refactor to jdbc-ng we do not have out "review" file that
> > > > collected notes during incubation.
> > > >
> > > > Let me see if I can find that:
> > > > -
> > > > https://github.com/geotools/geotools/blob/2.6.6/modules/plugin/db2/src/site/apt/review.apt
> > > >
> > > > Looks like from the above notes that we need IBM to sign the code
> > > > contribution agreement....
> > > > Jody
> > > > --- contents of review.apt ---
> > > > Module DB2
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >
> > > > Module Maintainer: David Adler
> > > >
> > > > IP Review:
> > > >
> > > > * Jody Garnett, July 9th, 2006
> > > >
> > > > * Adrian Custer, June 2008
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > STATUS: DIRTY
> > > >
> > > > Code is a mess, see below.
> > > > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-1879
> > > > Resource origin and license unknown.
> > > > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-1880
> > > >
> > > > This module is interesting in that it operatings against a comercial
> > > > database, leaving us without the
> > > > rights to distribute a jdbc driver in jar form. As with other modules
> > > > in this situtation we need to
> > > > produce a stub jar based on what is needed to make the module
> > > > compile. This is viewed as being similar
> > > > in spirit to use of a C++ header file and not of interest in an IP
> > > > review.
> > > >
> > > > The header contained in this file leaves me with a question:
> > > >
> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > /*
> > > > * Geotools2 - OpenSource mapping toolkit
> > > > * http://geotools.org
> > > > * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
> > > > *
> > > > * 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.
> > > > *
> > > > */
> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > That is this code is has not had copyright assigned to the GeoTools
> > > > PMC,
> > > > so I am uncomfortable updating the headers with out first talking to
> > > > David Adler.
> > > >
> > > > We can either proceed to assign copyright to the GeoTools PMC, or
> > > > wait
> > > > until we move to OSGEO giving IBM a chance to formally donate code to
> > > > the OSGO Foundation.
> > > >
> > > > Note we have publically thanks IBM for their involvement with GeoTools
> > > > at the first Where 2.0 conference. This (C) with all rights reserved
> > > > was a surprise to me.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * org.geotools.data.db2
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > Added in GeoTools 2.1 to facilitate use of DB2 with GeoServer and
> > > > uDig.
> > > >
> > > > * Headers updated to GeoTools - OpenSource mapping toolkit
> > > >
> > > > * (C) IBM presents a management issues
> > > >
> > > > * LGPL license is compatible, so library use at least is not
> > > > compromized
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com
> > > > (mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > > So we were able to answer a few things in todays meeting, but a
> > > > > number of files are still confusing.
> > > > >
> > > > > The following files:
> > > > > DB2WKBConstants.java
> > > > > DB2WKBWriter.java
> > > > > DB2FilterToSQL.java
> > > > > db2/DB2WKBReader.java
> > > > > DB2Util.java
> > > > >
> > > > > Have the following "contains copyright to IBM…all rights reserved"
> > > > >
> > > > > Which would make them non open source!
> > > > >
> > > > > Q: Do we think this was David Adler leaving his eclipse code template
> > > > > settings on?
> > > > > Q: Do we need to rewrite the above files?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Jody Garnett
> > > > >
> > > >
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> > > --
> > > DI Christian Mueller MSc (GIS), MSc (IT-Security)
> > > OSS Open Source Solutions GmbH
> > >
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> OSS Open Source Solutions GmbH
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