[Bug 426827] Review Request: perl-DateTime-Precise - Perform common time and date operations with additional GPS operations

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Summary: Review Request: perl-DateTime-Precise - Perform common time and date operations with additional GPS operations


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426827





------- Additional Comments From xavier at bachelot.org  2008-01-30 09:42 EST -------
After the contact with current upstream maintainer did not bring much, I've
contacted the original author of the code, Greg Fast.
Here's what he wrote about the license of the code :
_start of quote_
As far as I'm concerned, the code Blair extended into DateTime::Precise
is public domain.

At the time (~10 years ago) I was young and clueless about anything
related to licensing, and as far as I can tell from my own archive there
was never an explicit license or copyright released with the code.
Since it was developed mostly on their time and for their web app,
I'm sure it should properly be considered a work-for-hire for the USGS,
with the copyright (and any legally binding call on a license) ultimately
going to them.  Having said that, I'd be surprised if there'd be anyone
at USGS at all interested in staking any claim over it.  The app which
it was a part of has now been offline for 2-3 years.
_end of quote_

I've asked for further clarification, like contact his former employer, USGS,
but I don't expect much to come out of this.
What would be the next step to move this forward ?

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