<div dir="auto">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? <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Or, framed differently: Should license developers always work in English first, even if their target is a non-US jurisdiction?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 19:59 Pamela Chestek <<a href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org">pamela.chestek@opensource.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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To be clear, this license will not be considered submitted for
review until we get a translation.<br>
<br>
Pam<br>
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<div>Pamela S. Chestek
<br>
Chair, Licensing Committee
<br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
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<div>On 12/12/2024 8:08 PM, Pamela Chestek
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<p>Hi Niccolo,</p>
<p>Can you submit it with the information described on this page?
<a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process</a></p>
<p>Since this is not in English, we will also need a certified
translation of the license.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Pam Chestek<br>
Chair, License Committee<br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
</p>
<div>On 12/11/2024 1:58 AM, Langenheim,
Niccolo wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">Dear Open Source Initiative Team,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">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:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">Copyright (c) <Jahr> <Copyright
Inhaber><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Der
obige Urheberrechtshinweis und dieser Genehmigungshinweis
müssen in allen Kopien oder wesentlichen Teilen der
Software enthalten sein.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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 (KARDINALPFLICHT), HAFTEN DIE AUTOREN ODER
URHEBERRECHTSINHABER DER HÖHE NACH BEGRENZT AUF DEN
SCHADEN, DER BEI VERTRAGSSCHLUSS VORHERSEHBAR UND TYPISCH
IST.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DARÜBER
HINAUS IST EINE HAFTUNG AUSGESCHLOSSEN. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DIE
VORSTEHENDE HAFTUNGSBESCHRÄNKUNG GILT AUCH FÜR DIE HAFTUNG
DER MITARBEITER, VERTRETER UND ORGANE DER AUTOREN ODER
URHEBERRECHTSINHABER.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">Finally, I would like to note that the
license has been legally reviewed by our law firm. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">I will be happy to answer any further
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