The Olson timezone database is no more. An astrology company,
Astrolabe, sued him, and he did not have the resources to fight back.
So for now, nobody is keeping track of timezone changes. Java uses
that database.
A hope Anonymous soon gets round to putting these unprintables out of
business.
see
http://mindprod
I'd rather not see your mindprod site, as I prefer reliable sources.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database#2011_lawsuit>
"2011 Lawsuit
On September 30, 2011, a lawsuit, Astrolabe, Inc. v. Olson et
al.,[11][12] was filed concerning copyright in the database. As a
result, on October 6, 2011, the database's maintenance (mailing list)
and dissemination (FTP site) operations were shut down.[13] The case
revolves around the use by the database maintainers of the atlases The
American Atlas by Thomas G. Shanks and The International Atlas by Thomas
G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger. It specifically complains of unauthorised
reproduction of the atlases' data in the timezone mailing list archive
and in some auxiliary link collections maintained with the database, but
doesn't actually point at the database itself. The complaint relates
only to the compilation of historical timezone data, and does not cover
current tzdata world timezone tables.[12][14][15] The tz database
clearly references its sources, including the atlas, in comments,
allowing the extent of use of the data to be evaluated.[16][17]
[edit] Move to ICANN
ICANN took responsibility for the maintenance of the database on October
14, 2011.[18] The full database (including allegedly-infringing
sections) and a description of current and future plans for its
maintenance are available online from IANA.[19]"
So the upshot is that it got moved to IANA, and the lawsuit really just
complains about some data in the mailing list and links to other sites.
The database itself is fine. Do some research next time before going off
half-cocked.