[License-discuss] OpenSSL License Change

2017-03-28 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, I did a quick review of the recent list traffic and did not find any mention of the OpenSSL license change: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2017/03/22/license/ In short, the appear to be attempting a clean-up of their license which currently is largely permissive but includes

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: patent rights and the OSD

2017-03-28 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
Cem, The alternative to not releasing as open source at all is to only provide patent grants to patents ARL holds and not for the entire government. That's essentially what ECL V2 does by altering the stock Apache grant. ECL is otherwise Apache V2. The issue isn't just getting sued but the

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: patent rights and the OSD

2017-03-28 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
Hi Nigel, this is my reply to your earlier email. I see the point you're making much more clearly now. I didn't have a good answer for it, so I had to talk with ARL's Chief Legal Counsel's office to put together an answer; I hope that this covers it. First, let’s consider a case where ARL