[Fedora-legal-list] Re: DMTF schema distribution

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 07:28 -0800, Dan Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm working on a CIM provider package where we need to ship a version
> (v2.16) of the DMTF CIM schema[1] in our package.  The tog-pegasus
> package does this already, but with a *very* old version (v2.9) that
> does not include any of the virtualization models.
> 
> The DMTF schema files are not (AFAICT) released under any particular
> license, but they do have this statement at the top-level:
> 
>   // DMTF is a not-for-profit association of industry members
>   // dedicated to promoting enterprise and systems management and
>   // interoperability. DMTF specifications and documents may be
>   // reproduced for uses consistent with this purpose by members and
>   // non-members, provided that correct attribution is given.
> 
> I was planning to put a separate COPYING or LICENSE file in the
> directory of the tarball/RPM containing the schema, highlighting the
> above and making it clear that the schema was not covered under the
> LGPL license of the package.
> 
> I would like some advice on how to proceed.

That license seems to strongly imply that the schema files are not
permitted for commercial use, which is something that we do not permit
in Fedora.

It would be worthwhile to contact the DMTF and see if they permit
commercial use/distribution of their schemas or not.

~spot