What should the License tag be for this?
Viskores License Version 1.0 ========================================================================
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Ignoring the US government contract language as we do, I believe this is a nonsubstantive variant of `BSD-3-Clause` that SPDX has not encountered yet, if I'm reading this correctly:
<item> <bullet>3.</bullet> <alt match="(The\s+name\s+of.+may\s+not)|(Neither\s+the\s+names?\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+names?\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+their\s+contributors\s+may)|(\s*Neither\s+the\s+name\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+authors\s+and\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+name\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+(specific\s+)?contributors,?\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+name.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+contributors\s+may)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+any\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+the\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(None\s+of\s+the\s+names\s+of.+and\s+any\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+my\s+name.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+contributors\s+to\s+this\s+code\s+may)|(Neither\s+name\s+of\s+copyright\s+holders\s+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may)" name="organizationClause3"> Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may</alt> be used to endorse or promote products derived from this <alt match="software|work" name="software">software</alt> without <optional>specific</optional> prior written permission. <alt match="(To obtain permission, contact .*)?" name="contact"></alt> </item>
So if this was encountered in a Fedora or potential Fedora package, an issue should be opened at fedora-license-data as well as github.com/spdx/license-list-XML.
Richard
On Sat, Aug 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM Orion Poplawski via legal legal@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
What should the License tag be for this?
Viskores License Version 1.0
Copyright (c) 2025 Kitware Inc., National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS), UT-Battelle, LLC., Los Alamos National Security, LLC., All rights reserved.
Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
Under the terms of Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396 with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the name of Kitware nor the names of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. ========================================================================
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can confirm (sigh)
I made an issue, since I was already in the SPDX License List repo. See https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/2807
Orion - if you could add a link to or description of where you found this, that would be great.
Thanks, Jilayne
On 8/2/25 7:12 PM, Richard Fontana via legal wrote:
Ignoring the US government contract language as we do, I believe this is a nonsubstantive variant of `BSD-3-Clause` that SPDX has not encountered yet, if I'm reading this correctly:
<item> <bullet>3.</bullet> <alt match="(The\s+name\s+of.+may\s+not)|(Neither\s+the\s+names?\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+names?\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+their\s+contributors\s+may)|(\s*Neither\s+the\s+name\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+authors\s+and\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+name\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+(specific\s+)?contributors,?\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+name.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+contributors\s+may)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+any\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+the\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(None\s+of\s+the\s+names\s+of.+and\s+any\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+my\s+name.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+contributors\s+to\s+this\s+code\s+may)|(Neither\s+name\s+of\s+copyright\s+holders\s+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may)" name="organizationClause3"> Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may</alt> be used to endorse or promote products derived from this <alt match="software|work" name="software">software</alt> without <optional>specific</optional> prior written permission. <alt match="(To obtain permission, contact .*)?" name="contact"></alt> </item>
So if this was encountered in a Fedora or potential Fedora package, an issue should be opened at fedora-license-data as well as github.com/spdx/license-list-XML.
Richard
On Sat, Aug 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM Orion Poplawski via legal legal@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
What should the License tag be for this?
Viskores License Version 1.0
Copyright (c) 2025 Kitware Inc., National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS), UT-Battelle, LLC., Los Alamos National Security, LLC., All rights reserved.
Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
Under the terms of Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396 with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the name of Kitware nor the names of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. ========================================================================
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