[License-discuss] Proposal of new new open-source license for graphics (TERO-GL-1.0)

[Morten Fruelund]

Hi Josh

Thanks for your comment. We are working on responses to the various comments that we have received and expect to provide this early next week.



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Morten Fruelund
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From: Josh Berkus <josh at berkus.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 00:09
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Cc: Morten Fruelund <morten.fruelund at teradyne-robotics.com>
Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Proposal of new new open-source license for graphics (TERO-GL-1.0)


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Morten,

> I am representing Teradyne Robotics A/S, a division of Teradyne inc.
> (https://www.teradyne.com/  <https://www.teradyne.com/ >), that provides
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> robots.com/ <https://mobile-industrial-robots.com/ >).

While I haven't reviewed the text of the license, there seems to be a
core purpose of the license that's at odds with open source requirements:

 > The main goal was to find a license that would allow third parties to
use these models in simulation environments while not allowing them to
manufacture physical products based on them.

That's a clear violation of OSD6 ("no discrimination against fields of
endeavor"), as far as I can tell, and explains why you couldn't find an
existing open source license that suited your purpose.  This is very
similar to "no commercial use" licenses that are popular with a variety
of entities; those can be open-ish, but they are not open source.

It sounds like what you want is more of a "shared source" license, or
even an agreement, for your association.

--
Josh Berkus
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