[Bug 468287] Review Request: cim-schema - Common Information Model (CIM) Schema

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Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com>  2008-10-30 17:50:23 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Spot, I expect this is an OK license (please suggest license tag text), but
> would appreciate your review.
>

Matt, this isn't a software license... but this isn't exactly software, is it?
(If it were on software, it would be non-free.)

So, judging it as content, I have one big concern:

// DMTF specifications and documents may be reproduced for uses
// consistent with this purpose by members and non-members,
// provided that correct attribution is given.

The guidelines for content licensing are:

Content must be:
 * freely distributable without restriction
 * in a format which is not patent encumbered

The format is okay, but that content seems to apply a restriction to "freely
redistributable". My translation is that it says that these files are "freely
redistributable as long as you use them in a way that is involved with
promoting enterprise and systems management and interoperability."

This is really a use-case restriction, just the same as if it said "you may
redistribute these files as long as you do not sell them."

Is there any chance we can get the DMTF to permit unrestricted redistribution
of these files?

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