Dear Till, (01)
I can see why you chose the AGPL license. It would be quite ideal if
you were going to run Ontohub as a (somewhat standalone) service. (02)
AGPL (being a strong copyleft license) is a "reciprocal" open license,
and while "also acceptable" when integrating with the rest of the OOR
codes (say, in the form of libraries) it will not afford us the kind
of technology collaboration we had envisaged, when we decided to use,
primarily, "gift" open licenses for OOR (for both software and
content.) (03)
If I may make a very sincere request, please consider adopting the
"Simplified (two-clause) BSD License" which OOR software defaults to -
ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2L0U
... I will be most happy to discuss this more, with you, offline. (04)
Thanks & regards. =ppy (05)
p.s. fyi, ... thanks to the NCBO folks, BioPortal has also changed
their license to that "2 clause BSD license" - ref. slide#21 of the
BioPortal:Fergerson presentation at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2011_09_13
-- (06)
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Till Mossakowski
<Till.Mossakowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Peter,
>
> let me mention that Ontohub uses the AGPL license. I hope that this is
> not a problem for OOR...
>
> Best, Till
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> Am 28.01.2013 20:47, schrieb Peter Yim:
>> Gary and All,
>>
>> Since you mentioned "Mike, as developer" ...
>>
>> ... I just wanted to reiterate that, for code (unlike "content" or,
>> more specifically, ontologies uploaded to an OOR instance), the
>> contributed code *must* be "open" and/or "free"
>>
>> ( ref.
>http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2L0U
>> )
>> Software codes contributed to the OOR effort has to carry the
>> "Simplified (two-clause) BSD License" (FreeBSD License). (2L0U)
>>
>> * the above will be the default position, unless it is otherwise
>> mutually agreed in writing, between an authorized representative of
>> the OOR team and the contributor. Such exception, even if agreed upon,
>> needs to bind the contributing software codes to a compatible,
>> non-reciprocal, "gift," open-source license, such as (included, but
>> not limited to) the MIT License, the Apache License version 2.0 or the
>> Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL); (2L0V)
>> * it is, of course, also acceptable if the software contribution in
>> question is in the public domain; (2L0W)
>> * Software libraries, under either "gift" or "reciprocal" open
>> software licenses, may also be used in the OOR software or system.
>> (2L0X)
>>
>> Regards. =ppy
>> -- (08)
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Gary Berg-Cross <gbergcross@xxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>>> Thanks Peter for a clear explanation. As developer mike and as user /PI
>>> Nancy should have first thoughts on our policy .
>>>
>>> Garybc (09)
>>> On Jan 28, 2013 2:16 PM, "Peter Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Nancy,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you got the IPR Policy right! This is it, at:
>>>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2L0S
>>>>
>>>> As such,
>>>>
>>>> 1. Any ontology contributed to the open public instance of OOR will
>>>> need to be licensed under either one of the following: (2L0Z)
>>>>
>>>> * the "Simplified (two-clause) BSD License" (FreeBSD License), or
>>>> (2L10)
>>>> * the "attribution only" Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY
>>>> 3.0 or its successor), or (2L11)
>>>> * the content being contributed is in the public domain. (2L12)
>>>>
>>>> 2. If SOCoP-OOR considers itself as one of the public OOR instances,
>>>> then it should comply with the above. However, that is optional, as it
>>>> is also stated that "Each repository using the OOR software can
>>>> specify its own set of acceptable IPR content licenses."
>>>>
>>>> ... Therefore, if SOCoP-OOR doesn't choose to use the above IPR
>>>> Licensing Policy, it can publish it's own, although since "open" is
>>>> still a key word, and so calling it an OOR does infer that the content
>>>> should still be, somehow, "open" (even if under a different "open"
>>>> license.)
>>>>
>>>> That said, proprietary repositories are allow to use the OOR software
>>>> too (that's allowed with the BSD software license.) Although, if one
>>>> opts to do that, the label "Open" should be dropped from the name.
>>>>
>>>> 3.
>>>>> If yes, how does one do that?
>>>>
>>>> As stated, any content contribution to OOR should specify an IPR
>>>> license. The license information should best be included in the
>>>> ontology, as well as at places where an uploaded ontology's metadata
>>>> is supposed to be captured.
>>>>
>>>> The plan is for the production OOR code to include a "gatekeeper"
>>>> software that enforces the inclusion of such metadata (although the
>>>> "gatekeeper" is not yet available on the current SOCoP-OOR instance
>>>> yet.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks & regards. =ppy
>>>> -- (010)
>>>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Nancy Wiegand <wiegand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Peter, Mike, and Gary,
>>>>> If I put an ontology into the SOCoP OOR, or if anyone puts any
>>>>> ontology
>>>>> into any OOR, does there need to be a written policy somewhere about
>>>>> intellectual property rights? I'm looking at the page:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository_IPR#nid2L0S
>>>>> If yes, how does one do that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Nancy (011)
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