GeoNetwork Library Review

Created by: Jeroen Ticheler

Creation Date: 12-03-2007

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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.

External dependencies

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Conflict?	API	License / comment
No	a2jruntime.jar	GNU Public License
No	activation.jar	Sun Microsystems Inc. Binary Code License
No	commons-codec.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
No	commons-email.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
No	commons-fileupload.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
No	commons-httpclient.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
No	commons-io.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
No	commons-lang.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
No	commons-logging-api.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
No	commons-logging.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
	cql-java.jar
No	dlib.jar	GNU-LGPL license version 2.1
	gnu-regexp.jar
	jdbm.jar
No	jdom.jar	Apache-style open source license
No	jeeves.jar	GNU-LGPL license version 2.1 - Jeeves originally developed and still developed as supporting framework of the GeoNetwork opensource application.
No	junit.jar	[Common Public License, version 1.1 http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.php]
	ki-jzkit-hss.jar
	ki-jzkit-iface.jar
	ki-jzkit-z3950.jar
	ki-util.jar
No	lizard-tiff.jar	GNU-LGPL license version 2.1
No	log4j.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
	lucene.jar
	mail.jar
	marc4j.jar
	mckoidb.jar
	mkjdbc.jar
	ojdbc14.jar
	openrdf-model.jar
	openrdf-util.jar
	postgresql.jdbc3.jar
	rio.jar
	serializer.jar
	sesame.jar
	tyrex.jar
	xalan.jar

In the Web Map component InterMap the additional API's are used:

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Conflict?	API	License / comment
No	acme.jar	Acme license (included with GeoNetwork opensource software
No	commons-logging-adapters.jar	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
	cos.jar
No	jai_codec.jar	Java Distribution License (JDL)
No	jai_core.jar	Java Distribution License (JDL)