[Fedora-legal-list] Re: Curious maybe FOSS license that I can't identify
I can’t speak in any official capacity, but I can point out that it
looks non-free based on the “This document may not be modified in any
way […]” portion.
A number of software, documentation, and font licenses have been held to
be unacceptable for restricting or prohibiting modifications in the
past. Search https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main for “modif”
to find examples. There appears to be an exception for binary firmware
blobs, which does not apply here.
– Ben Beasley
On 5/30/21 12:00 PM, Robert-André Mauchin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In a review I came across this License:
>
>
> © Copyright 2000 UserLand Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> © Copyright 2006-2007 Scripting News, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>
> UserLand Software, Inc. and Scripting News, Inc. are refererred to in
> the following as "the Companies."
>
> This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
> others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
> or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and
> distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind,
> provided that the above copyright notice and these paragraphs are
> included on all such copies and derivative works.
>
> This document may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the
> copyright notice or references to the Companies or other
> organizations. Further, while these copyright restrictions apply to
> the written OPML specification, no claim of ownership is made by the
> Companies to the format it describes. Any party may, for commercial or
> non-commercial purposes, implement this format without royalty or
> license fee to the Companies. The limited permissions granted herein
> are perpetual and will not be revoked by the Companies or their
> successors or assigns.
>
> This document and the information contained herein is provided on an
> "AS IS" basis and THE COMPANIES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE
> INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED
> WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
>
> I've found some RFC example like:
>
> http://dev.opml.org/spec1.html
> https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec21.html
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549
>
> It seems to refer to translation these specifications.
> I don't know the name of that license. Can anyone identify it and tell
> me if it's acceptable in Fedora?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Robert-André
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