[opensuse-buildservice] Licenses and Leap15
Hi, in Leap 15.0 the License "Public-Domain" is no longer valid. In Tumbleweed it still is ok. What am I going to use as License? The Authors license is specified like that in the files: * Filename: aes.c * Author: Brad Conte (brad AT bradconte.com) * Copyright: * Disclaimer: This code is presented "as is" without any guarantees. In his github project the Readme.md states: This code is released into the public domain free of any restrictions. The author requests acknowledgement if the code is used, but does not require it. This code is provided free of any liability and without any quality claims by the author. -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Andreas Vetter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org
I don't know about the differences between TW and Leap, but Public domain is not a valid license according to the SPDX license list: https://spdx.org/licenses/ See https://wiki.spdx.org/view/Legal_Team/Decisions/Dealing_with_Public_Domain_w... for an explanation. In particular:
“Public Domain” is a concept distinct from copyright licensing; it generally means that the work no longer has any copyright protection or ownership, and therefore requires no license permission in order to use, copy, modify, distribute, perform, display, etc. In the United States – and many jurisdictions – copyright protections attach automatically to creative works upon creation if they satisfy certain minimum criteria. “Public Domain” would thus represent a significant change to the legal status of the work.
Sebastian On 2018-02-20 14:12, vetter@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de wrote:
in Leap 15.0 the License "Public-Domain" is no longer valid. In Tumbleweed it still is ok.
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On Tuesday 2018-02-20 14:12, vetter@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de wrote:
Hi, in Leap 15.0 the License "Public-Domain" is no longer valid. In Tumbleweed it still is ok. What am I going to use as License? The Authors license is specified like that in the files: * Filename: aes.c * Author: Brad Conte (brad AT bradconte.com) * Copyright: * Disclaimer: This code is presented "as is" without any guarantees.
In his github project the Readme.md states: This code is released into the public domain free of any restrictions. The author requests acknowledgement if the code is used, but does not require it. This code is provided free of any liability and without any quality claims by the author.
Some specfiles use License: SUSE-Public-Domain -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org
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On Tuesday 2018-02-20 14:12, vetter@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de wrote:
Hi, in Leap 15.0 the License "Public-Domain" is no longer valid. In Tumbleweed it still is ok. What am I going to use as License? The Authors license is specified like that in the files: * Filename: aes.c * Author: Brad Conte (brad AT bradconte.com) * Copyright: * Disclaimer: This code is presented "as is" without any guarantees.
In his github project the Readme.md states: This code is released into the public domain free of any restrictions. The author requests acknowledgement if the code is used, but does not require it. This code is provided free of any liability and without any quality claims by the author.
Some specfiles use License: SUSE-Public-Domain
Thank, thats it. Another hint: the semicolon ";" is no longer valid when specifying two licenses: License: MIT; Public-Domain had to change to License: MIT and SUSE-Public-Domain This also works on the older distros (SLE11). -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Andreas Vetter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org
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