On 09/06/2024 14:55, Arne Bernhardt wrote:
Hi,
the ENTSO-E published CIM/CGMES test data on CIM Conformity and
Interoperability
<https://www.entsoe.eu/data/cim/cim-conformity-and-interoperability/>.
The Test Configurations v3.0.2
<https://www.entsoe.eu/Documents/CIM_documents/Grid_Model_CIM/ENTSO-E_Test_Configurations_v3.0.2.zip>
are
published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
International License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/>.
Is it possible to use the test data in test resources and unit tests within
Apache Jena?
As in including in the source codebase?
Only if license compatible.
https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html
Implementing standards that aren't license compatible is not an issue
per se. For example, W3C standards are not open source.
The W3C document license says:
"""
the publication of derivative works of this document for use as a
technical specification is expressly prohibited.
"""
That's a restriction of use. Not open source.
It's common in standards - they should be "closed" and derived works
could be competing.
W3C tests are open source - the W3C Software license is BSD-type - and
Jena includes copies of all tests (relying on the build pulling things
over HTTP over the open web is, even today, fragile ... and the remove
may change).
Apache Jena itself should be open to commercial usage, but
could the tests be considered non-commercial?
Should I contact legal-disc...@apache.org?
If in doubt, that would be good idea. The project can have opinions but
that isn't definitive.
There is also the option to contact ENTSO-E directly.
Note:
The RDFS and SHACL contained in Application Profiles v3.0.1
<https://www.entsoe.eu/Documents/CIM_documents/Grid_Model_CIM/IEC61970-600-2_CGMES_3_0_1_ApplicationProfiles.zip>
are
licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0, so the standard itself is
open.
The tests are open.
That zip has an Apache License LICENSE so it is good IF there are no
other statements on certain files to the contrary (not uncommon :-()
The Readme.docs says:
"""
ENTSO-E neither warrants, nor represents that the use of the test
configurations (models), documents and application profiles will not
infringe the rights of third parties. Any use of the test configurations
(models), documents and application profiles shall include a reference
to ENTSO-E. ENTSO-E web site is the only official source of information
related to these test configurations (models), documents and application
profiles.
"""
I would have thought
"shall include a reference to ENTSO-E" puts a requirement on Jena to
include it in Jena's NOTICE. Not sure if that means it is still "Apache
License".
I haven't been through the whole zip.
Andy
- Arne
