Shibboleth Developers

[Chad La Joie <>]

I generally like Sun's way of naming incorporated code (though rarely 
the code they choose to incorporate).  Using the lionshare example the 
package would be something like:

edu.psu.edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.idp.provider

Basically just tacking on your domain name to the front of the package 
name.  I prefer this because it usually helps me figure out where the 
code was derived from and, if I choose too, where to look for the code 
in the extended code base.

Mark Allen Earnest wrote:
> For the lionshare plugin I took code from 
> SAMLv1.1_AttributeQueryHandler.java (and attributed it as such) and 
> basically kept the same package name except put it in psu's namepsace ( 
> edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.idp.provider became 
> edu.psu.middleware.shibboleth.idp.provider ).
>
> One thing I did not do is put a license on it (although it has yet to be 
> distributed), but I'm probably just going to keep the same Apache 2.0ish 
> license terms for simplicity.
>
> Mark Earnest
>
> Scott Cantor wrote:
>
> > > The GridShib plugin for Shib uses the following package names:
> > >
> > > package edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common;
> > > package edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.provider;
> >
> >
> > For your code or referencing/incorporating other code?
> >
> > > Is this use of the edu.internet2 namespace "allowed"?
> >
> >
> > Not for code you're producing, no. Java packges are no different than any
> > other DNS-based hierarchy. It only works if people follow the rules.
> >
> > > If so, what
> > > license header should be used in the source (both Globus and Internet2
> > > derive from Apache License, Version 2.0)?
> >
> >
> > If you're copying in source from us, I would change the package names, 
> > but I
> > think the licensing terms let you do anything you want (including
> > relicensing it) as long as the "contains code from Internet2"
> > acknowledgement is present.
> >
> > But under no circumstances should you drop the code in wholesale into 
> > your
> > jarfile. That's exactly what got Globus into trouble.
> >
> > -- Scott

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