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Ian

On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 20:59, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is proposal
> https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/Change-tutorial-and-example-code-from-public-domain-to-CC0
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 13:48, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would like to do a quick proposal:
>>
>> > Use CC0 for our documentation and source code examples, in keeping with
>> our public domain policy in the developers guide
>>
>> CC0 is as I understand it a more useful way to release copyright, while
>> public domain can be american centric.
>>
>> Context - tripped over a couple of things looking at tutorial code:
>> - Sample code was changed to LGPL at some point, when the project policy
>> is public domain
>> - Some of the pom.xml and pom2.xml examples no longer match since these
>> projects are not tested except by hand. I have learned a bit about maven
>> and we can set these up as distinct standalone projects (using deploy.skip)
>> to avoid publishing.
>>
>> There is a pull request here
>> https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/3823 showing the result
>> (including developers guide change).
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
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