[TUHS] Thoughts on Licenses

[Clem Cole]

Agreed

On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 5:03 PM Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:

> If I were looking for licenses "Copyrights+Licenses" would make me
> find, "metadata" I wouldn't think to look in.
>
> But I'm an old retired dude without many brain cells left.
>
> On Sat, Jul 02, 2022 at 02:57:31PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> > Before we go inventing our own thing, let's just add spdx tags and
> > metadata..... there already is a standard for this.
> >
> > Warner
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 2, 2022, 1:09 PM Marc Donner <marc.donner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I would call that top level directory "metadata" ... the licensing
> stuff
> > > is quite relevant to the owner and operator of the system, but not
> directly
> > > relevant to any of its actual content or function.
> > > =====
> > > nygeek.net
> > > mindthegapdialogs.com/home <https://www.mindthegapdialogs.com/home>
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 2:17 PM Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> As part of some of simh work, I've been immersed in some licensing
> > >> discussions.  Thanks for the V8-10, Plan-9 and Inferno notes - they
> are
> > >> relevant.
> > >>
> > >> Anyway, WRT to TUHS, I'm thinking that at least in the case of the
> Unix
> > >> style bits, I propose a small change to Waren's top-level directory.
>  Add
> > >> a new dir called something like 'Legal Docs' or 'Copyrights+Licenses'.
> > >>  Then move the Caldera document and Warren's current note into that
> area.
> > >> Then add copies of anything we can collect like the Dan Cross's V8-10,
> > >> anything WRT to Plan9/Inferno or anything we from the UNIX world -
> such as
> > >> something Sun, DEC or HP or like might have added.  Maybe add a
> > >> subdirectory with the AT&T/USL case details.   And maybe add a
> > >> sub-directory with known FOSS licenses used by the UNIX community and
> add a
> > >> copy of the 3-clause BSD and maybe even the two GPLs.
> > >>
> > >> Then update the README in the current top-level dir.   Adding to the
> > >> contents something like "*the IP contained on this website is covered
> by
> > >> different licenses depending on the specific IP.  Copies of these can
> be
> > >> found with the source code itself, but have also been all collected
> > >> together in the top-level directory: ...*."
> > >>
> > >> I think these all have both historical values, as well as practical
> > >> values.  As I said, I was not sure myself and I think other would be
> less
> > >> ignorant if they could find it all easily.   In the case of the
> practical,
> > >> a for instance, in an email with some lawyers last week, I had
> pointed them
> > >> at the Caldera document.  I'ld have loved to have been able to say
> look in
> > >> this directory.  The Caldera and later Nokia Licenses are what we are
> > >> considering as examples.
> > >>
> > >> Thoughts?
> > >>
> > >
>
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>
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