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

[Josh Berkus]

Morten,

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