relevant recent legal decision
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2008/08/open-source-lic.html
8/13 Open Source License Conditions Enforceable Through Copyright Law
Jacobson v. Katzer (Fed. Cir. 2008)
In an interesting decision, the CAFC held that open source license conditions
are enforceable under the copyright laws. Jacobson's open source license at
issue here allowed anyone to use his software so long as his conditions are met
(such as making any modified code freely available).
Copyright vs Contract: The district court held that violation of the open
source conditions are remedied through a contract claim rather than copyright.
The CAFC sided with the copyright holder - holding that "Copyright holders who
engage in open source licensing have the right to control the modification and
distribution of copyrighted material.
George T. Willingmyre, P.E.
GTW Associates
1.301.421.4138
www.gtwassociates.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Pelletier
To: Ray Pelletier ; Ed Juskevicius ; ipr-wg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org ; IETF
Discussion
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Last Call for Comments on " Legal Provisions Related to
IETFDocuments"
Ooops, wrong version. But it has been corrected.
Ray
Ray Pelletier wrote:
NEW DOCUMENT Dated 8-12-08
This is to announce that the IETF Trustees have just posted a revised
version of a draft policy on "Legal Provisions Related to IETF Documents" dated
08-12-08 at: http://trustee.ietf.org/policyandprocedures.html
There is also a Comparison document and a separate Code Components List.
Below is a summary of the changes and an explanation of them.
On behalf of the IETF Trustees, we invite your review and final comments
and suggestions on this
policy.
Given these changes, the Trustees will meet via telechat on September 4th
with the goal of
finalizing this policy. If you have any final comments, please post them on
the
IPR WG mailing list.
Thanks
Ray Pelletier
IAD
Trustee
Summary of Changes
1. Intro -- changed "this document" to "these Legal Provisions" throughout
the document.
2. Applicability -- moved Section 4 up to Section 2 for better flow.
2.a Effective Date -- Inserted a specific date for the effectiveness of the
document, as discussed in Dublin.
2.b Effectiveness -- the Legal Provisions apply to IETF Contributions that
are submitted after effectiveness, and to IETF Documents that are published
after effectiveness.
3.a and 3.c Licenses -- the licenses now apply to IETF Contributions and
IETF Documents in most places
3.c and 4.c Code -- clarified that Code included in IETF Documents can be
reproduced and modified per the document licenses, while Code intended for
execution is covered by the BSD License under Section 4.
3.c.iii.y Substantial Portion -- I was not sure whether there was consensus
regarding the amount of text that could be extracted without applying the full
RFC text/legends.
3.d Licenses Not Granted -- removed reference to disallowance of publishing
I-Ds outside the IETF Standards Process.
3.f Termination -- deleted, per Dublin discussion
4.a Code Definition -- moved list of common code components to a URL
4.c Copyright notice -- changed notice in BSD license to reflect that this
license now covers code from all IETF Contributions and Documents, not only
RFCs.
4.d Attribution -- added a clause requiring identification of the relevant
IETF Document/Contribution, per Dublin discussion.
6 Required Text -- added "on the first page" per Dublin discussion.
6.b Copyright Notice -- moved up from 6.c for improved flow. Also tweaked
the text of the copyright notice to be more flexible, "IETF Trust and the
persons identified as its authors"
7.e Definitive Version -- added a sentence to address the point about
translations of these Legal Provisions.
Ed Juskevicius wrote:
This is to announce that the IETF Trustees have just
posted a revised version of a draft policy on
"Legal Provisions Related to IETF Documents" dated
08-05-08 at:
http://trustee.ietf.org/policyandprocedures.html
This draft includes all of the changes agreed during
the July 31st meeting of the IPR working group held
in Dublin.
On behalf of the IETF Trustees, we invite your
review and final comments and suggestions on this
policy.
The IETF Trustees will meet via telechat on Aug 21st
with the goal of finalizing this policy. If you
have any final comments, please post them on the
IPR WG mailing list.
Best Regards, and Thanks in advance,
Ed Juskevicius Ray Pelletier
Chair Trustee
IETF Trust IETF Administrative Director
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