On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 23:32 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: > Chitlesh GOORAH wrote: > > Hello there, > > > > I'm wishing someone could point out _whether_ the : > > SYSTEMC OPEN SOURCE LICENSE v2.3 is compatible with Fedora Licenses policies. > > http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/systemC/License.pdf > > > > Hmm, > > In general it looks ok, but .. > INAS (I Am Not Spot) but this could be a problem: > > 2.6 License to Marks. > > (b) Recipient shall assist OSCI to the extent reasonably necessary to > protect and maintain the Marks worldwide, including, but not limited to, > giving prompt notice to OSCI of any known or potential infringement of the > Marks, and cooperating with OSCI in preparing and executing any > documents necessary to register the Marks, or as may be required by the > laws or rules of any country or jurisdiction. In its sole discretion, OSCI > may commence, prosecute or defend any action or claim concerning the > Marks. OSCI shall have the right to control any such litigation, and > Recipient shall fully cooperate with OSCI in any such litigation. OSCI shall > reimburse Recipient for the reasonable costs associated with providing > such assistance, except to the extent that such costs result from > Recipient’s breach of this Section 2.6. Recipient shall not commence any > action regarding the Marks without OSCI’s prior written consent. > > > So in effect the person receiving the license is in turn promising to help sue > people who are in breach of the SystemC trademark, hmmmmm. IANAL, but I think this license is troublesome. The definition of "Contributor" and section 3 need real Legal overview. They may make this license non free. On a cursory read it seem that rights are given only to "Contributors" and that "Contributors" must go through a complex system to disclose back changes. I may be wrong, but certainly the language warrants a very careful read. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
