Hi there,
On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 20:20 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> my understanding is that the license field in the (binary) RPMs contains
> "restricted" for these, with a detailed license inside the package.
If we take as an example:
http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/builds/trunk/preview/core/repos/source/moblin-icon-theme-2.2.9-1.42.src.rpm
It contains a file 'License' which says:
[snip]
Copyright © 2010 Intel Corp. and Novell Inc. All rights reserved.
This copyrighted material is licensed under the terms and
conditions of the MeeGo trademark agreement found at
http://www.meego.com.
No other licenses expressed or implied are granted.
MeeGo is a trademark of the Linux Foundation.
[/snip]
It looks like a non-license to me (IANAL); it points to something else:
a trademark agreement - which ( as discussed ) either is/was not there,
and/or is susceptible to random change in future.
When you find the linked 'Trademark' web page (is that really the
"trademark agreement" ?) it has no mention of anything except the
trademark's usage being permitted, which is potentially confusing:
[snip]
Trademark Usage
MeeGo™ is a trademark of the Linux Foundation. MeeGo may be used in
accordance with the Linux Foundation Trademark Policy in association
with a product that has fulfilled all requirements of the MeeGo
Compliance Program for that product and for the specific version and
release of MeeGo that is indicated.
[/snip]
The link (explaining the meaning of 'MeeGo') in that agreement points
to a bitmap image - which is perhaps a different mark to the 'MeeGo'
name, and of course others have discussed the inadequacy of the
compliance requirements.
I can appreciate the desire for a certain amount of imprecision /
wiggle room in a license, but to point vaguely to a website, that claims
that a related mark may be used in accordance with an unfinished draft
of a compliance spec seems to be an unusual approach to licensing
clarity. Personally I would not characterise it as a detailed license.
Regards,
Michael.
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