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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:26:00 +0200
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To: Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Time zone database shut down by legal threat
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

hi Lester,

See the blog post itself for more information. They create a mailing
list to create an alternative database but not to argue about the
legal case. I would suggest to discuss things there instead.

Cheers,

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> Derick Rethans wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > =A0FYI:http://blog.joda.org/2011/10/today-time-zone-database-was-clos=
ed.html
>>> >
>>> > =A0This could impact PHP as well since it bundles the database.
>>
>> We don't actually bundle the database as rules. Instead, we bundle a
>> compiled version of that, and the original rules do not remain in what
>> we bundle. Not sure whether that means it impacts us or not, and I will
>> not be making any comments about that.
>
> Unfortunately if the courts rule that the data is not public domain, then
> any use of it would be blocked and liable to license claims? It is the
> current block on making any future updates to the data which is a problem
> that will need to be addressed at some point? So ignoring the problem is =
not
> really practical :(
>
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