hgi list, i was following these thread .. so far i understand is the tz database a compiled list and not protected. So noone would be hurt if Ado add something like "this list is compiled from public source" or from gfdl: " Copyright (C) <year> <your name>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". " note: i do not suggest to make this gfdl. it is only an example how they describe there licence inside a document. re, wh Edwin Groothuis schrieb:
For all the years I have never worried about this, but today I got an email in my mailbox asking me "Since this is vendor imported data, we would like to register under which license this data is distributed.".
Unfortunately I got not much info from Wikipedia, the tzdata or the tzcode files. The tzcode says "This code is in the public domain", but the tzdata doesn't have it, just a "This information is by no means authoritative".
So... is there a license under which the tzdata is distributed?
Edwin