Hi Thorsten, On Sun, 9 Jan 2022, 02:30 Thorsten Alteholz, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Related to c), maybe it is a language thing, but I don't allow others to > publish my patch but I am forced to publish my patch under a second > license, namely G4SL, to the [Copyright Holders of Geant4]. > If I don't like that license and would rather use only a more open > license, I am not allowed to do this as I can not fulfill the user > agreement thing. From my point of view this is some kind of > discrimination or restriction. > I see your point now. Thanks for taking the time to explain this to me. I will contact the Geant4 authors about this issue. On Sun, 9 Jan 2022, 02:30 Thorsten Alteholz, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two observations: > > a) The clause applies to the user documentation, but not the software > > itself. It read it as "if any user documentation is included with a > > redistribution, it must include the following notice", i.e. if no user > > documentation is shipped, there is no need to add that sentence. So no > > need to add to your patch that it was developed by the Geant4 > > collaboration. > > Shouldn't any patch be accompanied by a description about its purpose? > Wouldn't you say that this is documentaion? > > > b) Also, the statement notes "This product includes software developed > > by [...]", note the *includes*. This is simply a state of fact and > > makes no assumptions about all the copyright that applies to the > > software. > > But my patch does only contain software developed by myself. It doesn't > feel right being forced to mention that others developed it. > A description of patch is not user documentation, IMHO at most developer documentation, if the word "documentation" applies at all. Additionally a patch is not part of the modified software itself . Again the sentence "If that is where third-party acknowledgments normally appear, this acknowledgment must be reproduced in the modified version of this software itself" makes it quite clear how clause 2 is to be understood. Thanks again for your time! Regards, Stephan Lachnit
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