Re: [new license request] The Open Group License


Steve Winslow
 

Hi Felicitas, thanks very much for your email. I've created an issue for your message in the repo at https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/1026. Feel free to follow along and weigh in there as it is reviewed by the SPDX legal team participants.

Best,
Steve


On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 8:31 AM Felicitas Jung <f.jung@...> wrote:
Hi,

while adding identifiers to licenses used in the BSP (note: i am a
legal trainee, so wording may not be technical perfect), i stumbled
upon the The Open Group License, which does not have an identifier yet.
It is used in: xorg-app-iceauth, xorg-app-rgb, xorg-app-xauth, xorg-
app-xdm, xorg-app-xinit, xorg-app-xprop, xorg-app-xrdb, xorg-app-xset,
xorg-app-xsetroot, xorg-app-xvinfo (and maybe some more).
The wording is consistent the following (copyright holder is always The
Open Group):

COPYING
---
Copyright <yyyy, yyyy> <Copyright Holder>

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation.

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL <Copyright Holder> BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES
OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of <Copyright Holder>
shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use
or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
from <Copyright Holder>.
---

The first paragraph is different from X11-License, therefore i do not
want to use the X11-identifier:
> Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
as in curl; no "including without limitation" like X11
> and sell this software and its documentation
software and documentation are not together defined as "the software"
and therefore more divided than in X11-License
> for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
> that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both
> that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
> documentation.
X11 does not require appearance in documentation, but in substantial
parts of software.

I am hoping that you can add the License to the license list so it may
gain an identifier.
Thank you!

Felicitas Jung






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Steve Winslow
Director of Strategic Programs
The Linux Foundation

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