Re: [pkcs11] update on copyright notice for PKCS #11 v2.40 header files

[Stef Walter <stefw@redhat.com>]

Are we aiming to make these headers be usable by others?

I'd be happy to be corrected by a lawyer here ... but to my lay eyes,
neither the header preamble or the linked to IPR guidelines contains
information on redistribution, modification, derivation, or similar
rights granted onward.

The IPR guidelines does have a language related to how contributors
grant OASIS such rights, and various licensing modes for contributions.

The IPR guidelines also contain multiple mutually exclusive modes,
template documents and so on, making it unclear which of these modes and
templates apply to the PKCS#11 headers.

Cheers,

Stef

On 13.09.2013 16:36, Griffin, Robert wrote:
> Hi –
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> At the F2F, I’d like to wrap up the discussion of copyright notice in
> the header files, if possible.  Based on the latest discussions with
> OASIS legal and leadership, here’s the plan for the copyright notice for
> the PKCS #11 header files:
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> The individual header files may include only the following:
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> * Copyright (C) OASIS Open YYYY. All rights reserved.
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> * OASIS trademark, IPR and other policies apply.
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> * http://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr
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> Or we could consider the following longer form:
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> /*
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> * PKCS11 Version X.X
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> * Committee Specification Draft XX
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> * XX Month YYYY
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> * Source: http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> * Copyright (c) OASIS Open 2013. All rights reserved.
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> * OASIS trademark, IPR and other policies apply.
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> * http://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr
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> */
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> If there are other parties who claim joint or partial copyright in the
> work, that notice would be given in the PKCS #11 Base Specification
> v2.40 or other document, not in the header file.
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> OASIS is also looking at posting a longer license notice, comparable to
> that posted by the SCA TC:
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> https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32009/license.txt
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> We would not post such a license notice on our individual TC page.
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> regards,
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> Bob
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