Shibboleth Developers

["Scott Cantor" <>]

> For code wholly written by the GridShib project.  For the most part,
> only the package structure has been "borrowed".  See, for example:
> 
> http://viewcvs.globus.org/viewcvs.cgi/playground/java/gridshib
> /idp/src/edu/internet2/middleware/shibboleth/common/
> 
> Is this use of the edu.internet2 namespace allowed?

No, it's explicitly not allowed because you don't own the DNS domain
internet2.edu. It's a pretty simple rule, but I guess it's left entirely
implicit in the Java world.

Chad's point is correct...if you do take code and just rename, then
prefixing with a domain is fine. Otherwise you can just do whatever you
prefer, but in a domain you own (or at least owned by the owner of the
work).

-- Scott