Due to
http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ticket/281 we are about to lose our
regression test harness.
Consider this an impassioned plea for someone w/ enough C++ chops to
rescue the xmltester before I remove this code from the repo.
P.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:59 AM, GEOS <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> #281: License issue
> ----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
> Reporter: frankie | Owner: pramsey
> Type: defect | Status: new
> Priority: blocker | Milestone: 3.1.2
> Component: Default | Version: 3.1.1
> Severity: Critical | Resolution:
> Keywords: |
> ----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
> Changes (by pramsey):
>
> * owner:
[hidden email] => pramsey
>
> Comment:
>
> This is a bona fide problem, the "Use in commercial applications requires
> written permission" clause is certainly not GPL compatible, so this code
> absolutely must go. As a side note, this also indicates the OSGeo
> incubation code review process is probably too trusting, one person can't
> catch everything, and I did not catch this one in my review -- having more
> than one person perform a review of the code seems a good idea.
>
> We can't release 3.2 until this is stripped, and I think to incentivize us
> I am going to remove these files and take XMLTester out of the build.
>
> --
> Ticket URL: <
http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ticket/281#comment:1>
> GEOS <
http://geos.refractions.net/>
> GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS).
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