Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: the Olson Timezone Database - it's back! Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:31:56 -0800 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net kQvMgj3f7Cxz8c2pVvSEfBzx91AUk6hk3mbFNvWYgVLFQHgjR28YjcNSNMtFCNxZmU1UloLQU7hwE6MHnsCX6e07/3mntsegQSsj7bx6IbJxWIklVOjb0TQUKv2p85yL NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:31:54 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="Tl2gckVWt2CGC2Sy+dP+jxrhcww6kX7pX9mGi9Zwtc57l5EeDN7UrXn58uaIHRioZty9+NF1RJYdB3a2B1dTolRpp6oPmgBXRM5YONJw1eSnuEnoQEqCiVDOb7+uwOdw"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:dof9IwzMo/O+uvjy4ST5a5HPqSU= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:12266 On 02/22/2012 11:11 PM, Fredrik Jonson wrote: > Happy news, > > In what sounds like a sudden outbreak of common sense the lawsuit against > Olson and Eggert. There following is, believe it or not, a statement from > Astrolabe: > > "Astrolabe's lawsuit against Mr. Olson and Mr. Eggert was based on a flawed > understanding of the law. We now recognize that historical facts are no > one's property and, accordingly, are withdrawing our Complaint. We deeply > regret the disruption that our lawsuit caused for the volunteers who > maintain the TZ database, and for Internet users." > > https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-wins-protection-time-zone-database Well, that sure earns my respect. Good on them for owning up so forthrightly. -- Lew Honi soit qui mal y pense. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg