<div dir="ltr">Louis Villa contributed this license and is a legal professional, although I don't believe that law practice is what he does for a living these days. He's easy to find online. I believe that he even had the cooperation of other lawyers in making this license, there was a blue oak organization for a time. But it looks like they strove so much for simplicity that they have not considered moral rights administrations.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 6:47 AM Shuji Sado <<a href="mailto:shujisado@gmail.com">shujisado@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone.<br>
<br>
# For some reason my email to OSI arrives two days late, so my reply<br>
may be delayed.<br>
<br>
I have a question about the Blue Oak Model License. see<br>
<a href="https://opensource.org/license/blue-oak-model-license" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/license/blue-oak-model-license</a><br>
<br>
This license seems to be an easy-to-read and understandable license<br>
for corporate legal professionals.<br>
However, I have recently started to think that the following copyright<br>
clause may not work in Japan, where I live.<br>
<br>
"Each contributor licenses you to do everything with this software<br>
that would otherwise infringe that contributor's copyright in it."<br>
<br>
In Japan, copyright, which is a property right, and moral rights are<br>
separated. Copyright allows you to grant rights to others and to<br>
transfer those rights.<br>
Moral rights, however, cannot be transferred. The BlueOak license<br>
clearly states "copyright," but this would probably be interpreted in<br>
Japan as not including moral rights.<br>
In other words, it seems to me that an author who releases software<br>
under this license can stop users from distributing or modifying the<br>
software at any time.<br>
<br>
To prevent this, I think it is necessary to mention the moral rights<br>
in the article or to insert a statement that the software is licensed<br>
for copying, distribution, and modification.<br>
<br>
I am writing from a Japanese context, but perhaps there are similar<br>
problems in other jurisdictions that recognize moral rights. I would<br>
like to hear opinions here.<br>
<br>
---<br>
Shuji Sado<br>
Chairman, Open Source Group Japan<br>
<a href="https://opensource.jp/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opensource.jp/</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Bruce Perens K6BP</div></div></div></div>