<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>My main concern here relates to the fact that open source is a global community activity and it is generally impossible to predict where a user of a given piece of software will be located, or what languages they will understand, especially when they improve and share the work. This leads to two concerns which may or may not need addressing - I apologise that as a non-lawyer I cannot gauge the risks sucfficiently.</div><div><br></div><div>First, the notice requirement "The copyright notice above and this notice of permission must be included in all copies or material parts of the software." Up until now many have reasonably assumed that users of source code will speak at least some English in addition to any other languages because the source code arises from English, and thus that permissions in English are necessary. While this is an increasingly uncertain assumption, I do get concerned when a license steward assumes that only their non-English version will be used. </div><div>I would thus prefer to see the notice requirement clarify that the steward-supplied English translation satisfies the requirement.</div><div><br></div><div>Second, the acceptance of liability. While I recognise that the main motivation for this is to adjust for the liability regime in Germany, I am concerned that the second part accepting liability creates too much risk in jurisdictions where liability can be disclaimed. I wonder if the whole section should be boxed with the idea in the middle that "IF LIABILITY CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED BY LAW." and the MIT or BSD disclaimer included otherwise?</div><div><br></div><div>Obviously I am happy to defer if the lawyers here believe these two concerns are over-cutious!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Simon</div><div>(in a personal capacity)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM Pamela Chestek <<a href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org">pamela.chestek@opensource.org</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">
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<p>All,</p>
<p>Any more comments on the license? I have not heard any objection
to approving the license, so this is your last chance to express
any concern.</p>
<p>Pam</p>
<p>Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Board Member<br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Montag, 17. Februar 2025 18:51<br>
<b>To:</b> License submissions for OSI review
<a href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org" target="_blank"><license-review@lists.opensource.org></a>; Langenheim,
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [License-review] Request for a new
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We seem to be stalled on this license. Are you expecting to be
able to provide a certification of the translation?<br>
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If not, since I believe we have at least two native German
speakers on the list (Dirk and Catherine), I would be content
with their confirmation that the translation is accurate.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 12/23/2024 3:17 AM, Langenheim,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">first thanks for
the helpful feedback so far.
Please find attached a first
version of the English license
text. We are still looking for
an Open Source valid certified
translator who will submit a
certified translation. As soon
as we have such a certified
translation, we will make it
available to you immediately.
As we need to have a German
license text, we need an
official, and OSI-approved
text of those licenses in
German. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">The following is
also the other requested
information for the review
process:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">A copy of the
license in both German and
English can be found in the
attachment in plain text
format.</span><u></u><u></u></li>
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confirm that, to the best of
my knowledge, the license
submitted complies with the
Open Source Definition and
in particular fulfills OSD
3, 5, 6 and 9.</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Since the
license is to be used and
created for the first time
for a cross-city project,
there are currently no
projects using the license.
However, it is planned that
the license will be used in
mid/late January.</span><u></u><u></u></li>
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regulation: Based on the
queries, I would like to
reiterate that the problem
with the invalid limitation
of liability mentioned in
the previous email does not
only exist in the public
sphere (cities, etc.), but
for anyone who wants to use
the license. Regarding the
distinction between the
rights holder and the
author, I would like to
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transferred to other persons,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> License-review
<a href="mailto:license-review-bounces@lists.opensource.org" target="_blank"><license-review-bounces@lists.opensource.org></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Pamela Chestek<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Freitag, 13. Dezember 2024 05:09<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org" target="_blank">license-review@lists.opensource.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [License-review] Request for a new
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Hi Niccolo,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Can you submit it with the information described on this
page? <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process" target="_blank">
https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Since this is not in English, we will also need a certified
translation of the license.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Pam Chestek<br>
Chair, License Committee<br>
Open Source Initiative<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 12/11/2024 1:58 AM, Langenheim,
Niccolo wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">Dear Open Source Initiative Team,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">Copyright (c) <Jahr> <Copyright
Inhaber></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Der
obige Urheberrechtshinweis und dieser
Genehmigungshinweis müssen in allen Kopien oder
wesentlichen Teilen der Software enthalten sein.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">DARÜBER
HINAUS IST EINE HAFTUNG AUSGESCHLOSSEN.
</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">DIE
VORSTEHENDE HAFTUNGSBESCHRÄNKUNG GILT AUCH FÜR DIE
HAFTUNG DER MITARBEITER, VERTRETER UND ORGANE DER
AUTOREN ODER URHEBERRECHTSINHABER.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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.
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