Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.42!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!74.125.46.80.MISMATCH!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: the Olson Timezone Database Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:26:25 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 27 Message-ID: <25610853.60.1329355585084.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbie8> References: <4f3c5998$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1329355585 20828 127.0.0.1 (16 Feb 2012 01:26:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:26:25 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <4f3c5998$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:12050 On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:19:19 PM UTC-8, Arne Vajh=F8j wrote: > On 2/14/2012 9:28 PM, Roedy Green wrote: > > The Olson timezone database is no more. An astrology company, > > Astrolabe, sued him, and he did not have the resources to fight back. > > > > So for now, nobody is keeping track of timezone changes. Java uses > > that database. > > > > A hope Anonymous soon gets round to putting these unprintables out of > > business. >=20 > That is hoping a criminal group commits a crime against > a legal business. >=20 > Very close to encouraging such an act and thereby potentially > become liable if it actually happened. Not likely. Canada has a notion of the right to free speech, and it would b= e a=20 hard sell to produce a preponderance of evidence that such an obviously=20 emotional and hypothetical comment as this in any way adds to or incites=20 Anonymous's stupid and hypocritical destructive actions. The worst you can= =20 legitimately accuse Roedy of is a boneheaded remark, not an actionable one. --=20 Lew