This isn’t developed by Redis. It’s developed by FOSSA – a license scanning startup company. And the goal seems to be, in a cynical reading, to make most license scanners fail by detecting snippets referring to FOSS licenses, while not detecting their negation by the new clause.
While the exact naming is probably a question for the legal team, I suspect we want to have this clause in our exception list sooner rather than later. From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 6:38 PM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [spdx-tech] Commons Clause & AppBOMination I recommend waiting for a while before assigning the name “Commons” to this license rider developed by Redis Labs. There’s a big firestorm on Hacker News about what appears to many people to be deceptive naming. “Commons” makes it look like this is a Creative Commons license (even though Creative Commons Corporation has not authorized or approved it), and the way they’ve connected it to the Apache license makes it appear to many like the Apache Foundation authorized it (which it has not). Both organizations may have standing to sue for trademark violation if Redis Labs won’t rename this rider, since likelihood of confusion in the marketplace is key test for trademarks. If it must be named, I suggest using a name like “Redis-Commons” so that it’s clearly *NOT* from the Creative Commons Corporation or the Apache Foundation. --- David A. Wheeler From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kate Stewart Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 6:05 PM To: Yev Bronshteyn Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [spdx-tech] Commons Clause & AppBOMination Hi Yev, If there's a volunteer maintainer that will support it for at least the next year, I'm fine with it going into the main repo, its an interesting test case. However if no volunteer, lets just keep it in your repo. We need to set up an SPDX attic and move out the projects with no assignment/non responsive maintainers. Thanks for holding off on merging the commons clause until after the bakeoff. I agree its a logical candidate to go into that project. ;-) Kate On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Yev Bronshteyn <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, Kate, I think there’s value in adding a commons clause<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__redislabs.com_community_licenses_&d=DwMGaQ&c=DPL6_X_6JkXFx7AXWqB0tg&r=QOxMDNgQUmsAYCICUk0FE-zq3xpALP5pPMHZ2EBKhJM&m=2FDx4b9v-qWIwZRdvdJdkYeVgVhC3rmH3OrHnpNveFs&s=93FPvIq2amDnGAntniqVKY-ARr2ZOiQejCtj4V3E8e0&e=> to the license of AppBomination, because nothing lives up to the project’s name better. Given the proximity of the bake-off, I can do it on a branch, but I think it should definitely be merged soon. Also, since I won’t be a regular contributor on SPDX henceforth, would someone like to take over the AppBomination repository<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_yevster_App-2DBOM-2Dination_&d=DwMGaQ&c=DPL6_X_6JkXFx7AXWqB0tg&r=QOxMDNgQUmsAYCICUk0FE-zq3xpALP5pPMHZ2EBKhJM&m=2FDx4b9v-qWIwZRdvdJdkYeVgVhC3rmH3OrHnpNveFs&s=la3aRHowSzeBcRttLk3wXHbXLXlJ7-OBCtWt_htTj1E&e=>? Perhaps move it to the SPDX github? Thanks [cid:[email protected]]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.blackducksoftware.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=DPL6_X_6JkXFx7AXWqB0tg&r=QOxMDNgQUmsAYCICUk0FE-zq3xpALP5pPMHZ2EBKhJM&m=2FDx4b9v-qWIwZRdvdJdkYeVgVhC3rmH3OrHnpNveFs&s=186x3vTdtHKKKEptDh6MFoxrjzYH4mBbOH7N7tQAxDY&e=> Yev Bronshteyn Senior Software Engineer, Alliances E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> blackducksoftware.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.blackducksoftware.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=DPL6_X_6JkXFx7AXWqB0tg&r=QOxMDNgQUmsAYCICUk0FE-zq3xpALP5pPMHZ2EBKhJM&m=2FDx4b9v-qWIwZRdvdJdkYeVgVhC3rmH3OrHnpNveFs&s=186x3vTdtHKKKEptDh6MFoxrjzYH4mBbOH7N7tQAxDY&e=> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3613): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-tech/message/3613 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/24924255/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-tech/unsub [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
