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On 2/14/2012 6:28 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.
>
> see http://mindprod


I'd rather not see your mindprod site, as I prefer reliable sources.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database#2011_lawsuit>

"2011 Lawsuit

On September 30, 2011, a lawsuit, Astrolabe, Inc. v. Olson et 
al.,[11][12] was filed concerning copyright in the database. As a 
result, on October 6, 2011, the database's maintenance (mailing list) 
and dissemination (FTP site) operations were shut down.[13] The case 
revolves around the use by the database maintainers of the atlases The 
American Atlas by Thomas G. Shanks and The International Atlas by Thomas 
G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger. It specifically complains of unauthorised 
reproduction of the atlases' data in the timezone mailing list archive 
and in some auxiliary link collections maintained with the database, but 
doesn't actually point at the database itself. The complaint relates 
only to the compilation of historical timezone data, and does not cover 
current tzdata world timezone tables.[12][14][15] The tz database 
clearly references its sources, including the atlas, in comments, 
allowing the extent of use of the data to be evaluated.[16][17]
[edit] Move to ICANN

ICANN took responsibility for the maintenance of the database on October 
14, 2011.[18] The full database (including allegedly-infringing 
sections) and a description of current and future plans for its 
maintenance are available online from IANA.[19]"


So the upshot is that it got moved to IANA, and the lawsuit really just 
complains about some data in the mailing list and links to other sites. 
  The database itself is fine.  Do some research next time before going 
off half-cocked.