Re: [apps-discuss] draft-lear-iana-timezone-database

[Eliot Lear <[e-mail]>]

Tony, Marc, Cyrus,

Thank you for your comments.

On 3/3/11 8:14 PM, Tony Finch wrote:
> The current draft looks pretty good to me. A few small questions:
>
> Is the shouty mustard supposed to mean anything different from normal
> English usage?

I searched the draft but couldn't find shouty mustard ;-)  I'd gladly
accept editorial changes to improve language though.  No need to send
those to the list.
> Section 3:
>
> The word "key" is used to mean both a cryptographic key and a TZ name.
> Is there a reason for not using the term "TZ name" or "time zone name"?

No.  There is not.  I will go with TZ name and define it above.

> Section 6:
>
> Should it be made clear in this section that contributions to the code are
> presumed to be in the public domain or under equivalently liberal
> licencing terms whether or not the contributions are made via the mailing
> list? Or is section 7 enough?

And this goes to Marc's point C) as well.  The goal here is to assume
the current responsibilities of the TZ coordinator which includes some
code.  The database itself is in the public domain.  So is much of the
code, but not all.  Thus there is a distinction.
> Sections 7 and 8:
>
> Should "database" be expanded to "database and reference code" throughout?

I'll review each use, but there are some differences as I noted.

Marc:
> A) XML IANA 

The database is currently sucked down and used by many many companies,
and it must be maintained in its current form.  New forms are fine. 
Even new normative forms! But this form can't go away.
> B) draft shall be updated before IETF last call on the warning of
> community concensus. ie. 
Indeed.  Will remove.

Thank you again for your contributions!

Eliot