GeoNetwork Library Review

Created by: Jeroen Ticheler

Creation Date: 12-03-2007

Purpose

Document potential Library/Component issues

• Listing any external components that are included "in the source tree" for the project.
• Listing all external dependencies with potentially problematic or conflicting license terms.

External components included in the source tree

Four (4) external classes are used in the source tree. The classes have been provided and adapted by the original copyright holder.

The classes are licensed as GNU-GPL version 2 and copyrighted as follows:

//==============================================================================
//===
//===   Codec (adapted class from druid project http://druid.sf.net)
//===
//===   Copyright (C) by Andrea Carboni.
//===   This file may be distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
//==============================================================================

Files concerned:

• org/fao/gast/lib/druid/Codec.java
• org/fao/gast/lib/druid/Import.java
• org/fao/gast/lib/druid/SqlMapper.java
• org/fao/gast/lib/druid/SqlType.java

This inclusion does not pose a problem for the project as copyright and license are properly referenced and compatible with the project.