Ken Murchison wrote: > I'm not a legal scholar, but this looks good to me.
It's pretty much a copy/paste of what we've used in the OpenLDAP Project for ... ages. Hasn't ever led to any legal challenges, afaik. > > On 12/10/20 5:02 PM, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: >> Here's a draft of an IPR notice for Cyrus SASL as we discussed in the >> last meeting and I assume it could be used similarly with Cyrus IMAPD: >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Files containing patches representing significant blocks of new code >> (10 lines or greater) must include a notice of origin: >> >> The attached patch file is derived from Cyrus SASL Software. All of >> the modifications to Cyrus SASL Software represented in the following >> patch(es) were developed by <YOUR NAME> <YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS>. I have >> not assigned rights and/or interest in this work to any party. >> >> This notice must be followed by an appropriate rights statement. >> >> If the patch is derived from other works, you must include a detailed >> description of these others works. The description should include >> specific references to the location where these works can be obtained, >> such as URL to their location on the Internet. >> >> If you have assigned rights and/or interest in this work to another >> party, such as your employer (possibly through your employment >> agreement), you must state which rights you have assigned and to whom. >> For instance, "By virtue of my employment agreement with >> EMPLOYER-NAME, I have assigned my rights and interest in this work to >> EMPLOYER-NAME." >> >> Below is an example notice for someone making a contribution on behalf >> of your employer: >> >> The attached file is derived from Cyrus SASL Software. All of the >> modifications to Cyrus SASL Software represented in the following >> patch(es) were developed by <YOUR-EMPLOYER>. <YOUR-EMPLOYER> has not >> assigned rights and/or interest in this work to any party. I, >> <YOUR-NAME> am authorized by <YOUR-EMPLOYER>, my employer, to release >> this work under the following terms. >> >> This notice must be followed by an appropriate rights statement. >> >> For small modifications (bug fixes, minor enhancements, etc.), we >> suggest the modifications be placed into the public domain so that >> they can be freely incorporated into Cyrus SASL Software (as well as >> other works). >> >> I, <YOUR NAME>, hereby place the following modifications to Cyrus >> SASL Software (and only these modifications) into the public domain. >> Hence, these modifications may be freely used and/or redistributed for >> any purpose with or without attribution and/or other notice. >> >> A corporate example: >> >> <YOUR-EMPLOYER> hereby place the following modifications to Cyrus >> SASL Software (and only these modifications) into the public domain. >> Hence, these modifications may be freely used and/or redistributed for >> any purpose with or without attribution and/or other notice. >> >> While you may use the above for large modifications as well, you may >> desire to maintain rights in your modifications. However, to ensure >> license compatibility, we require all contributions (your >> modifications) to be provided under compatible terms. Hence, we >> suggest the following statement be used: >> >> The attached modifications to Cyrus SASL Software are subject to >> the following notice: >> >> Copyright <YEAR> <YOUR NAME> >> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without >> modification, are permitted only as authorized by the Cyrus SASL >> Software license. >> >> By making this statement, you are allowing redistribution and use of >> your modifications under the same terms as Cyrus SASL Software itself. >> >> Alternative rights statements will not generally be accepted. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Regards, >> Quanah >> >> -- >> >> Quanah Gibson-Mount >> Product Architect >> Symas Corporation >> Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP: >> <http://www.symas.com> -- -- Howard Chu CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/ Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/ ------------------------------------------ Cyrus: Devel Permalink: https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/devel/T9066d56fe70247f8-M11b1e8374c7f8023fdddcbe3 Delivery options: https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/devel/subscription
