I agree. -----Original Message----- From: Allison Randal [mailto:allison@lohutok.net] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 8:25 AM To: mail@clusums.eu; legal-discuss@lists.openstack.org Subject: Re: [legal-discuss] Third party file inclusion in Openstack sushy project [EXTERNAL MESSAGE] On 07/30/2018 04:10 PM, mail@clusums.eu wrote:
Hi,
thank you for all the help.
DMTF came back and they are having concerns about adding software license to these type of files. They don't consider these files to be software, but to be documents (similar as specification of Redfish standard). They are going to update the copyright statement[1] to show this clarification.
Would that help?
Well, documents are copyrighted just like code, so DMTF would need to say what license they're releasing the documents under. Creative Commons licenses are popular for documents and data. Some Creative Commons licenses are compatible with Apache 2.0 (make sure it isn't one of the "Non-Commercial" variants). You're still better off having users download the DMTF files separately. And, no matter how the users get the files, DMTF needs to release the files under some form of open content or open data license, so the users have permission to use the files. Allison _______________________________________________ legal-discuss mailing list legal-discuss@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-discuss Please consider the environment before printing this email. The information contained in this email may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It has been sent for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender and destroy all copies of the message. To contact us directly, send to postmaster@dlapiper.com. Thank you.