[License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL OSL) Version 0.4.1

[Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)]

I've forwarded your question to our internal counsel, and I'm hoping to get a 
message back in a day or two.  I'll post it when they get back to me.

As for our legal counsel posting to this list directly, they've told me in the 
past that they won't do that because it violates some statute or contract 
clause[1].  So, I apologize if I have to act as a filter, but that is the best 
I can do at the moment.

Thanks,
Cem Karan

[1] I'm not sure what exactly, they've explained it to me, but I keep 
forgetting the finer details.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Rosen [mailto:lrosen at rosenlaw.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 12:50 PM
> To: Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) <cem.f.karan.civ at mail.mil>; 
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> Cc: Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com>
> Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] U.S. Army Research 
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> Cem Karan wrote:
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> > I'm not a lawyer, I'm not your lawyer, I don't pretend to be one on TV or 
> > anywhere else, and nothing I say should be construed as legal
> advice.
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> In that situation, it would be unfair to ask you my question directly, so 
> please forward my email directly to your lawyer(s). I'd like to hear
> from them directly or on this list.
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> Cem Karan wrote:
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> . . . the truly serious issue is severability 
> Caution-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severability < Caution-
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severability > ).  The concern is that if the 
> USG uses a license that depends on copyright (e.g., Apache 2.0),
> and those clauses are declared unenforceable by the courts, then it may be 
> possible to declare the entire license unenforceable.
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> Larry Rosen asked:
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> Apache-licensed software also may (and frequently does) contain public 
> domain components. Are you suggesting that "severability" is a
> potential problem with Apache software?
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> /Larry
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