Question re attribution for derived works...
Claire Giordano
claire.giordano at sun.com
Wed May 19 07:39:00 UTC 2004
I am wondering what you all think about the following open source
license possibilities. Input much appreciated. Thanks.
1. I'd like to know what you would think about an open source license
that required derived works to provide attribution to the open source
community from which the works are derived.
Contributor source file attribution appears to be common in the open
source world, and I've also seen requirements for attribution in the
written documentation.
I'm wondering how feasible it would be to require people creating and
distributing derived works to advertise (if they advertise)
that their derived work was "based on the open source technology" in
question.
2. I've heard that some community members might find an advertising
attribution requirement unpalatable. So I'm considering whether
the license should also contain a non-discriminatory buy-out clause
for anyone who found the advertising attribution unpalatable (for
a fee.)
It's important to me to be fair and to give credit (in a visible,
memorable way, which documentation and fine-print attribution
sometimes are not) to the open source origin of derived works. I'm
trying to find a way to do so fairly, within the context of an OSI
approved license.
Thoughts?
Thx,
Claire Giordano
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