[License-review] Request for a new license review

Thu Dec 19 09:31:00 UTC 2024

Assuming a translation is forthcoming and will get approved, which version
will be the official one and go on the website? The English or the German
one?

Or, framed differently: Should license developers always work in English
first, even if their target is a non-US jurisdiction?

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 19:59 Pamela Chestek <pamela.chestek at opensource.org>
wrote:

> To be clear, this license will not be considered submitted for review
> until we get a translation.
>
> Pam
>
> Pamela S. Chestek
> Chair, Licensing Committee
> Open Source Initiative
>
> On 12/12/2024 8:08 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:
>
> Hi Niccolo,
>
> Can you submit it with the information described on this page?
> https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process
>
> Since this is not in English, we will also need a certified translation of
> the license.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pam Chestek
> Chair, License Committee
> Open Source Initiative
> On 12/11/2024 1:58 AM, Langenheim, Niccolo wrote:
>
> Dear Open Source Initiative Team,
>
>
>
> With this e-mail I am submitting a new Open Source license on behalf of my
> client, the city of Solingen in Germany. The need for the new license stems
> from the fact that the versatile MIT license does not contain a limitation
> of liability that is effective under German law. Even if it is
> predominantly assumed in the specialist literature that Open Source
> licenses are generally subject to donation law and therefore more
> favourable liability and warranty rights apply, it has not yet been
> confirmed by the courts. This results in the risk that courts may adopt a
> different legal interpretation in the event of a dispute, with the result
> that the statutory liability limitations of donation law no longer apply.
> However, it is particularly important for public law projects of cities,
> municipalities, etc. to agree a legally secure limitation of liability that
> guarantees a limitation of liability regardless of the legal classification.
>
>
>
> In order to close this gap in the limitation of liability and at the same
> time benefit from the advantages of an MIT license, we have drafted the
> following license, which, apart from an effective limitation of liability,
> is based on the MIT license:
>
>
>
>
>
> Copyright (c) <Jahr> <Copyright Inhaber>
>
>
>
> Jedem, der eine Kopie dieser Software und der zugehörigen
> Dokumentationsdateien (die „Software“) erhält, wird hiermit kostenlos die
> Erlaubnis erteilt, ohne Einschränkung mit der Software zu handeln,
> einschließlich und ohne Einschränkung der Rechte zur Nutzung, zum Kopieren,
> Ändern, Zusammenführen, Veröffentlichen, Verteilen, Unterlizenzieren
> und/oder Verkaufen von Kopien der Software, und Personen, denen die
> Software zur Verfügung gestellt wird, dies unter den folgenden Bedingungen
> zu gestatten:
>
>
>
> Der obige Urheberrechtshinweis und dieser Genehmigungshinweis müssen in
> allen Kopien oder wesentlichen Teilen der Software enthalten sein.
>
>
>
> DIE AUTOREN ODER URHEBERRECHTSINHABER HAFTEN UNBESCHRÄNKT BEI VORSATZ,
> ARGLISTIGER TÄUSCHUNG, GROBER FAHRLÄSSIGKEIT, DER VERLETZUNG VON LEIB,
> LEBEN ODER GESUNDHEIT UND SOWEIT DIE HAFTUNG GESETZLICH NICHT BESCHRÄNKT
> ODER AUSGESCHLOSSEN WERDEN KANN. BEI FAHRLÄSSIGER VERLETZUNG EINER PFLICHT,
> DEREN ERFÜLLUNG WESENTLICH FÜR DIE DURCHFÜHRUNG DES VERTRAGS IST
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> NACH BEGRENZT AUF DEN SCHADEN, DER BEI VERTRAGSSCHLUSS VORHERSEHBAR UND
> TYPISCH IST.
>
>
>
> DARÜBER HINAUS IST EINE HAFTUNG AUSGESCHLOSSEN.
>
>
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> DIE VORSTEHENDE HAFTUNGSBESCHRÄNKUNG GILT AUCH FÜR DIE HAFTUNG DER
> MITARBEITER, VERTRETER UND ORGANE DER AUTOREN ODER URHEBERRECHTSINHABER.
>
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>
>
>
> Finally, I would like to note that the license has been legally reviewed
> by our law firm.
>
>
>
> I will be happy to answer any further questions.
>
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Niccolo Langenheim
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