September 2016 - legal-discuss - lists.openstack.org

Adding license header to autogenerated content
by Steve Martinelli 22 Oct '16

22 Oct '16

I recently came across a patch [1] that is trying to add the Apache license to an autogenerated file. We've recently had issues with contributors finding patches that apply to all the projects; this would definitely be one of those. My quick search [2] is showing that around 350 repositories have the license in the file. Out of the 1000+ we have in openstack (not including what's in openstack-infra or openstack-dev) Yes, it's a python file, there is some "code" there, but it's auto-generated, either from sphinx or our cookiecutter (which now includes the license [3]). So before we use up resources in merging a bunch of patches, I wanted to know if the license was actually necessary. Thanks for reading, Steve [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/377170/1 [2] http://codesearch.openstack.org/?q=Apache&i=nope&files=doc%2Fsource%2Fconf.… [3] https://github.com/openstack-dev/cookiecutter/blob/master/%7B%7Bcookiecutte…

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Legal Affairs Committee Meeting, September 30, 1:15 PDT
by Strottman, Nissa 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

Hi- The Legal Affairs Committee will be meeting Friday, September 30, at 1:15 PDT to discuss Facebook's additional patent license grant in addition to the BSD license for ReactJS, which is being used in at least two projects (Fuel-UI and TripleO). The text for the patent grant may be viewed here: https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/PATENTS Call-in number: 1-702-696-4520 Passcode: 7612918876 Best, Nissa Nissa M. Strottman Associate General Counsel Software, Cloud and Open Source Office of the General Counsel +1 650 857 6279 Office +1 650 387 4987 Mobile Palo Alto, CA hpe.com [HPE logo]<http://www.hpe.com/>

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Docker Inc. trademark guidelines
by Steven Dake (stdake) 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

It has come to my attention that Docker Inc has published trademark guidelines. The OpenStack Kolla community wishes to comply with the trademark guidelines Docker has published. I humbly request a legal review of the following change from a foundation attorney: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/372133/ Note the term “website” in the published guidelines could be parsed in multiple ways which I find confusing. Some guidance here would be helpful as well. (CCs are self-nominated PTLs for the Ocata cycle). Regards -steve

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Technical Committee Member Policy - possible error?
by John Davidge 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Hello, I happened to be reading the Technical Committee Member Policy[1] today, and I noticed what I think could be an error. Paragraph 3, subsection (b)(I) states that: "An Individual Member is an ATC who has had a contribution approved for inclusion..." I believe this should read: "An ATC is an Individual Member who has had a contribution approved for inclusion..." Generally speaking, ATCs are a subset of Individual Members, so the definition given doesn't seem right. Approved contributions are not a requirement for Individual Membership. Can anybody confirm? Thanks, John [1] http://www.openstack.org/legal/technical-committee-member-policy/ ________________________________ Rackspace Limited is a company registered in England & Wales (company registered number 03897010) whose registered office is at 5 Millington Road, Hyde Park Hayes, Middlesex UB3 4AZ. Rackspace Limited privacy policy can be viewed at www.rackspace.co.uk/legal/privacy-policy - This e-mail message may contain confidential or privileged information intended for the recipient. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of the enclosed material is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail at abuse(a)rackspace.com and delete the original message. Your cooperation is appreciated.

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Re: [legal-discuss] [openstack-dev] [javascript] [fuel-ui] Is ReactJS OSI Compliant?
by Monty Taylor 11 Sep '16

11 Sep '16

Hey legal discuss folks ... On 09/07/2016 07:06 AM, Michael Krotscheck wrote: > Preface: IANAL (I-am-not-a-lawyer). > > ReactJS claims to be BSD licensed. However, it has a non-BSD patent > rider with a very aggressive "Strong Retaliation Clause", meaning that > if there's ever a patent dispute between [React Project] and Facebook, > the patents are revoked. > > This might be fine. It might not. If possible, I'd like one of the > foundation lawyers to weigh in on this, as one of our projects (Fuel-UI) > is using it. > > Some discussion on the matter: > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12108158 > > Our own guidelines. > http://governance.openstack.org/reference/licensing.html > > Historically, OpenStack has avoided projects that make custom > modifications to a license (see the do-no-evil license on JSLint/JSHint). > > Michael > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: OpenStack-dev-request@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >

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Fwd: [openstack-dev] [javascript] [fuel-ui] Is ReactJS OSI Compliant?
by Davanum Srinivas 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Fwd'ing to legal-discuss from openstack-dev ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Krotscheck <krotscheck(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 8:06 AM Subject: [openstack-dev] [javascript] [fuel-ui] Is ReactJS OSI Compliant? To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)" <openstack-dev(a)lists.openstack.org> Preface: IANAL (I-am-not-a-lawyer). ReactJS claims to be BSD licensed. However, it has a non-BSD patent rider with a very aggressive "Strong Retaliation Clause", meaning that if there's ever a patent dispute between [React Project] and Facebook, the patents are revoked. This might be fine. It might not. If possible, I'd like one of the foundation lawyers to weigh in on this, as one of our projects (Fuel-UI) is using it. Some discussion on the matter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12108158 Our own guidelines. http://governance.openstack.org/reference/licensing.html Historically, OpenStack has avoided projects that make custom modifications to a license (see the do-no-evil license on JSLint/JSHint). Michael __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: OpenStack-dev-request@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev -- Davanum Srinivas :: https://twitter.com/dims

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