OGC work, license conditions (was: Establishing dialogue between the Debian project and OGC regarding Document & Software Notice terms)
Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl> writes:
> A recurring problem with geospatial software in the Free Software
> community and Debian in particular has been the terms of the OGC
> Document Notice and Software Notice licenses.
What works are being considered for entry to Debian? What exact grant of
license does the copyright holder of those works make to recipients, and
where is that text granting explicit permission under particular license
conditions?
For context in this discussion, I had to go searching for the current
license conditions to which you're referring.
I think you mean the license conditions available currently at
<URL:http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/document> and at
<URL:http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/software>.
As of 2015-12-07, <URL:http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/document> gives
this text:
Document Notice
Public documents on the OGC site are provided by the copyright holders
under the following license. The software or Document Type Definitions
(DTDs) associated with OGC specifications are governed by the Software
Notice. By using and/or copying this document, or the OGC document from
which this statement is linked, you (the licensee) agree that you have
read, understood, and will comply with the following terms and
conditions:
Permission to use, copy, and distribute the contents of this document,
or the OGC document from which this statement is linked, in any medium
for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided
that you include the following on ALL copies of the document, or
portions thereof, that you use:
1. Include a link or URL to the original OGC document.
2. The pre-existing copyright notice of the original author, or if it
doesn't exist, a notice of the form: "Copyright © <date-of-document>
Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/document (Hypertext is preferred,
but a textual representation is permitted.)
3. If it exists, the STATUS of the OGC document.
When space permits, inclusion of the full text of this NOTICE should be
provided. We request that authorship attribution be provided in any
software, documents, or other items or products that you create pursuant
to the implementation of the contents of this document, or any portion
thereof.
No right to create modifications or derivatives of OGC documents is
granted pursuant to this license. However, if additional requirements
(documented in the Copyright FAQ) are satisfied, the right to create
modifications or derivatives is sometimes granted by the OGC to
individuals complying with those requirements.
THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR TITLE; THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT
ARE SUITABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE; NOR THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH
CONTENTS WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS,
TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE DOCUMENT OR THE
PERFORMANCE OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF.
The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in
advertising or publicity pertaining to this document or its contents
without specific, written prior permission. Title to copyright in this
document will at all times remain with copyright holders.
As of 2015-12-07, <URL:http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/software> gives
this text:
Software Notice
Back to OGC copyright notice.
This OGC work (including software, documents, or other related items) is
being provided by the copyright holders under the following license. By
obtaining, using and/or copying this work, you (the licensee) agree that
you have read, understood, and will comply with the following terms and
conditions:
Permission to use, copy, and modify this software and its documentation,
with or without modification, for any purpose and without fee or royalty
is hereby granted, provided that you include the following on ALL copies
of the software and documentation or portions thereof, including
modifications, that you make:
1. The full text of this NOTICE in a location viewable to users of the
redistributed or derivative work.
2. Any pre-existing intellectual property disclaimers, notices, or
terms and conditions. If none exist, a short notice of the following
form (hypertext is preferred, text is permitted) should be used
within the body of any redistributed or derivative code: "Copyright
© [$date-of-document] Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. All Rights
Reserved. http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/legal (Hypertext is
preferred, but a textual representation is permitted.)
3. Notice of any changes or modifications to the OGC files, including
the date changes were made. (We recommend you provide URIs to the
location from which the code is derived.)
THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR
DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS,
TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR
DOCUMENTATION.
The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in
advertising or publicity pertaining to the software without specific,
written prior permission. Title to copyright in this software and any
associated documentation will at all times remain with copyright
holders.
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Ben Finney
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