Walter Landry <wlan...@caltech.edu> wrote: > Option 1 As noted, the clause
HOWEVER, the publication of derivative works of this document for use as a technical specification is expressly prohibited. makes the license incompatible with the DFSG, so I will not spend any time on any other parts. > Option 2 > -------- > Copyright © 2011 W3C ® (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), All Rights Reserved. W3C > liability and trademark rules apply. The W3C Document License applies > to this document as a whole; however, to facilitate implementation of > the technical specifications set forth in this document you may: > > 1. copy and modify, without limitation, any code, pseudo-code, > schema, data tables, cascading style sheets, interface > definition language, and header text in this document in source > code for implementation of the technical specifications, and > > 2. copy and modify reasonable portions of this document for > inclusion in software such as, for example, in source code > comments, commit messages, documentation of software, test > materials, user-interface messages, and supporting materials > accompanying software, all in accordance with good software > engineering practices, and > > 3. include reasonable portions of this document in research > materials and publications. I would say that this option fails the DFSG because it only allows copying and modification of "reasonable" amounts. It would also be incompatible with the GPL, so I do not understand why Eben Moglen would say that it is compatible. > Option 3 > -------- > Copyright © 2011 W3C® (MIT, ERCIM, Keio). > > W3C liability and trademark rules apply. > > As a whole, this document may be used according to the terms of the > W3C Document License. In addition: > > * To facilitate implementation of the technical specifications set > forth in this document, anyone may prepare and distribute > derivative works and portions of this document in software, in > supporting materials accompanying software, and in documentation > of software, PROVIDED that all such works include the notice > below. > * Furthermore, all code, pseudo-code, schema, data tables, > cascading style sheets, and interface definition language is > licensed under the W3C Software License, LGPL 2.1, and MPL 1.1. So what if I want to make derivative works that do not facilitate implementation of the specifications? What if Neal Stephenson writes a GPL-licensed book that includes the standard but modified by an evil megacorp for nefarious purposes? If that is allowed, then I have no problem with this license. Also, I noticed on the page you referenced the summary Summary With this as background, the three licenses can be summarized as follows: * Option 1 Broad reuse in software and software documentation to implement the specification, with an explicit field of use restriction. * Option 2 Reuse of reasonable portions in software and software documentation to implement the specification consistent with good engineering practices, with no field of use restriction thereafter. * Option 3 Broad reuse in software and software documentation to implement the specification, with an implicit field of use restriction. If they believe that, then Option 3 is incompatible with the DFSG and the GPL. Cheers, Walter Landry wlan...@caltech.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110428.072728.1952855615795842695.wal...@geodynamics.org