On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Robert Muir wrote:

> There is nothing unusual about public domain code. If your lawyers do
> not understand that, tell them to go back to school.

Actually, the code in question is not in the public domain, despite that
the term "public domain" is in the comments of SloppyMath.java:


/* some code derived from jodk: http://code.google.com/p/jodk/ (apache 2.0)
 * asin() derived from fdlibm: http://www.netlib.org/fdlibm/e_asin.c
(public domain):
 * =============================================================================
 * Copyright (C) 1993 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Developed at SunSoft, a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business.
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
 * software is freely granted, provided that this notice
 * is preserved.
 * =============================================================================
 */

Nowhere in e_asin.c is it mentioned the file has been released to the
public domain.

The 1993 block is the actual license from e_asin.c, but examination of
it indicates that it should be perfectly fine to use in a Apache 2.0
licensed or non-open-source/free software project.  Just leave the
notice as-is.

If the OP is still concerned, then the OP will have to follow-up with
the specific legal concern SloppyMath.java allegedly raises.  Saying
there is a licensing concern is of little help without providing
specifics.

--ewh

P.S. IANAL

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