License for the tzdata information

Edwin Groothuis edwin at mavetju.org
Wed Apr 29 21:12:59 UTC 2009


Paul Koning <Paul_Koning <at> Dell.com> writes:

>  >> There's no license.
>  Dave> Everything has a license. No license (in the US) means that
>  Dave> someone (you?) retains all rights.
> Not always.  Given ADO's address, the tzdata information may be a work
> of the US Government, in which case by law it is in the public
> domain. 

Maybe that is what ADO meant with "there is no license".

> Agreed.  For example, if indeed it is in the public domain, then it
> would be helpful for that to be stated explicitly.

+1 

Edwin














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