[oor-forum] update to the OOR IPR Policy

[Ravi Sharma]

Peter
I am ok with your suggestion, thanks Ravi

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Peter Yim <peter.yim at cim3.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
> Ref.
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2L0S
>
> The prevailing OOR Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy (as
> adopted by the community on 17-Dec-2010) now reads:
>
> //
> = The Official OOR Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy =
>
> Our intent is to make the OpenOntologyRepository (OOR) software and
> system, as well as the content hosted in the open public instance of
> the OOR (repository) that this OOR-team will operate and maintain, to
> be as free, open, and unencumbered by IPR restrictions as we possibly
> can, so as to allow users of the software, system, and ontology
> content, the maximum freedom and flexibility. As such, we shall
> stipulate that ...    (2L0T)
>
> * software codes contributed to the OOR effort has to carry the
> "Simplified (two-clause) BSD License" (FreeBSD License).    (2L0U)
> ** the above will be the default position, unless it is otherwise
> mutually agreed in writing, between an authorized representative of
> the OOR team and the contributor. Such exception, even if agreed upon,
> needs to bind the contributing software codes to a compatible,
> non-reciprocal, "gift," open-source license, such as (included, but
> not limited to) the MIT License, the Apache License version 2.0 or the
> Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL);    (2L0V)
> ** it is, of course, also acceptable if the software contribution in
> question is in the public domain;    (2L0W)
> ** Software libraries, under either "gift" or "reciprocal" open
> software licenses, may also be used in the OOR software or system.
> (2L0X)
>
> * Any content contribution to OOR should specify an IPR license, as
> part of the OOR "gatekeeping" requirements, which will be maintained
> in the content contribution metadata. Each repository using the OOR
> software can specify its own set of acceptable IPR content licenses.
>  (2L0Y)
>
> * That content (essentially ontologies or other "knowledge
> organizational structures (KOS's)") contributed to the open public
> instance of OOR (which the OOR team will operate and maintain) will
> need to be licensed under either one of the following:    (2L0Z)
> ** the "Simplified (two-clause) BSD License" (FreeBSD License), or
> (2L10)
> ** the "attribution only" Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY
> 3.0 or its successor), or    (2L11)
> ** the content being contributed is in the public domain.    (2L12)
> //
>
>
> In view of the publication of the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 [1] in
> late 2013, which now does a better job in terms of
> Internationalization, and has made improvement to cover "data" more
> adequately (by properly addressing sui generis database rights and
> copyright-like rights) [2], I propose we update the relevant OOR IPR
> Policy clause (ref. "nid2L11" -
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2L11
> )
> to read:
> //
> ** the "attribution only" Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY
> 4.0 or its successor), or
> //
> [... was: ** the "attribution only" Creative Commons Attribution
> License (CC BY 3.0 or its successor), or ]
>
>
> *** I suggest we discuss any issue on this thread that OOR team
> members may see, for this update. Barring any objection, I move that
> we adopt this change at the next OOR team conference call, or
> automatically (by way of unanimous lack of objection), 30 days from
> this message, whichever comes first. ***
>
>
> ALL: Please second the motion, discuss, voice support, etc. ...
>
>
> Reference:
>   [1] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
>   [2]
> https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Version_4#Version_4.0_Policy_Decisions
>   [3] we had a discussion on the [ontoiop-forum] list when the issue
> of "choice of license for the OntoIOp Registry came up which may be
> relevant - see:
> https://listserv.ovgu.de/pipermail/ontoiop-forum/2014-October/000043.html
>
>
> Thanks & regards. =ppy
>
> p.s. btw, will someone (Ken? Michael? Till? Todd?) step up to
> schedule/call the next OOR team meeting, please.
>
> --
> Peter P. Yim
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PeterYim
>
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Thanks.
Ravi
(Dr. Ravi Sharma)
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