Manuel added a comment.
I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that the future license would look like this: https://github.com/wmde/wikidata-mismatch-finder/blob/license/bsd-3-clause/LICENSE This means that in case someone develops a derivative work from the Wikidata Mismatch Finder in the future, that license seems to only require them to "retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer". So basically, the license requires them to state that the derivative work is based on code created by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. as well as fulfill the other conditions. > Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its > contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived > from this software without specific prior written permission. This clause is dealing with brands. It clarifies that the requirement to mention the copyright holder does not imply a right to advertise in the copyright holders name/with their brand ("Wikimedia Deutschland e.V." in this case). It also excludes the right to imply that the copyright holder (again, "Wikimedia Deutschland" in this case) or the people involved in creating the original work (e.g. the individual developers) are endorsing or promoting the derivative work. That is, if the derivative work does not have a "specific prior written permission" that states otherwise. > I develop a derivative work from Wikidata Analytics in the future You can definitely do this (under your name or e.g. your companies name). > Whom should I not mention My understanding is that you need to mention Wikimedia Deutschland and the license etc. but you must not use the Wikimedia / Wikidata brand's for advertisement etc. without some sort of contract that allows it. Which is pretty much common sense. So you see that BSD 3-clause is a very liberal license that should work well with any potential future plans of yours. As the original creator of the code you might even have additional rights, but I am not sure as I am not familiar with the details of your contract. I hope this helps! TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296926 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: GoranSMilovanovic, Manuel Cc: Legoktm, WMDE-leszek, Tobi_WMDE_SW, Aklapper, Manuel, Invadibot, maantietaja, Akuckartz, Nandana, Lahi, Gq86, GoranSMilovanovic, QZanden, LawExplorer, _jensen, rosalieper, Scott_WUaS, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Ricordisamoa, Slaporte, Mbch331, Jay8g
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