[Geotools-devel] IP check PostGIS, WKBEncoder.java

[Jody G. <jga...@re...>]

Hi Kevin (long time no chat), and Chris (who wishes for the same treatment),

I am working through and intellectual property check and came across 
your name along with a (C) Refractions Research for the file WKBEncoder 
being used for
PostGIS support.  We do have a mandate from Paul to donate code to 
GeoTools, so we are clear there. I would like to confirm that this is 
your work, and if it was done off the cuff or as part of some JTS based 
project.

I have updated the header to include the GeoTools PMC (C) and so on - as 
GeoTools is distributing the file. And have left the (C) 2004 
Refractions Research message and added your name as the class author.

Chris can you grab the feedback from Kevin and update PostGIS 
accordingly. My understanding is that JTS1.7 includes WKB support, based 
on my initial research this would not be directly suitable as PostGIS 
has expanded WKB in the logical manner to make available more ordinates 
and the like - armed with Kevin's code I think I could make a hibernate 
UserType now, I failed just trying to use JTS earlier.

Jody