Is the IANA tz database subject to the same constraints as the old one?
If so, it may be subject to the same legal constraints. I believe it
would be wise to seek some quality legal advice on the issue. I have
tried to contact the Free Software Foundation and the EFF just to see
what they might say. I'll pass on anything interesting.
On 10/7/2011 6:55 AM, Derick Rethans wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2011, Lester Caine wrote:
Derick Rethans wrote:
FYI:http://blog.joda.org/2011/10/today-time-zone-database-was-closed.html
This could impact PHP as well since it bundles the database.
We don't actually bundle the database as rules. Instead, we bundle a
compiled version of that, and the original rules do not remain in
what we bundle. Not sure whether that means it impacts us or not,
and I will not be making any comments about that.
Unfortunately if the courts rule that the data is not public domain,
then any use of it would be blocked and liable to license claims? It
is the current block on making any future updates to the data which is
a problem that will need to be addressed at some point? So ignoring
the problem is not really practical :(
The TZ database maintenance is/was in the process of being put under the
IANA as DAO is going on retirement soon. In that light, a new ML has
already been set-up where the timezone database is now being maintained.
New versions of the database will come out as usual, and we'll update
PHP with those new database rules.
cheers,
Derick
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