Re: OpenJDK draft trademark license
"Paul Wise" <pabs@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm hoping OpenJDK will be ready for lenny, and today I noticed that
> Sun are calling for comments on a revised draft of their trademark
> license for OpenJDK:
>
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2008-March/001115.html
>
> I would suggest that people with comments direct them to the openjdk
> discuss list, or to Mark Reinhold (the author of the call for
> comments).
For reference, I have attached the proposed license to the end of this
email. My main concern is that section (1) seems to only allow
portability fixes, and only for efforts that are an "approved project
hosted in the OpenJDK Community". Does that mean that Debian can not
independently issue new releases which fix security issues? While
Debian will strive to work with the OpenJDK community to resolve these
issues, Debian can not rely upon upstream to fix these bugs for them.
That was the main source of contention behind the firefox/iceweasel
dispute.
Otherwise, I do not see any issues with this trademark license.
Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry@caltech.edu
OpenJDK Trademark Notice
DRAFT Version 1.2, 2008/3/20
OpenJDK (the "Name") is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. (the "Trademark
Owner").
Trademark Owner publishes source code (the "Original Software") at several
World Wide Web locations (each a "Website"). These locations include:
http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk6
http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7
as well as any successor locations designated by Trademark Owner in future
revisions of this Notice.
Each Website provides Original Software in two parts: A Java virtual machine
(the "Virtual Machine") and an API library and tools (the "Library and Tools").
Trademark Owner permits any person obtaining a copy of this software (the
"Software") that is based on Original Software to use the Name in the package
names and version strings of the Software subject to the following conditions:
(1) The Software is a substantially complete implementation of the OpenJDK
development-kit or runtime-environment source code retrieved from a single
Website, and the vast majority of the Software code is identical to that
upstream Original Software, except that:
(a) Changes required to port Original Software to new operating systems
or hardware architectures are permitted, so long as that work takes
place in the context of an approved Project hosted in the OpenJDK
Community; and
(b) A Virtual Machine from one Website may be combined with the Library
and Tools of another Website, so long as the vast majority of the
code in each is identical to the corresponding upstream Virtual
Machine or Library and Tools component.
(2) No permission is hereby granted to use the Name in any other manner,
unless such use constitutes "fair use", for example "based on the OpenJDK
source code" or "Ubuntu's packaging of the OpenJDK 6 code".
(3) Trademark Owner makes no warranties of any kind respecting the Name and
all representations and warranties, including any implied warranty of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement are
hereby disclaimed.
(4) Finally, this notice and the following legend are included in all copies
of the Software or portions of it:
OpenJDK is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. in the United States and other countries.
Trademark Owner intends to revise this Notice as necessary in order to meet the
needs of the OpenJDK Community. Please send questions or comments about this
Notice to Sun Microsystems at openjdk-tm at sun.com. Revisions to this notice
will be announced on the public mailing list announce at openjdk.java.net, to
which you may subscribe by visiting http://mail.openjdk.java.net.
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