[License-discuss] 3-clause BSD with additional clause forbidding key disclosure

Simon Phipps webmink at opensource.org
Thu Feb 5 11:27:48 UTC 2015


On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Zluty Sysel <zluty.sysel at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The issue however is that there is a certain reluctance not to include
> this in the source code license, since one of the .c files contains a
> very distinct placeholder (set to NULL) for the Private Key in it. The
> clause in the license would serve as a reminder that those Private
> Keys (which sometimes are shared across all employees of a single
> company) are not redistributable even when the source code contains
> one (albeit a NULL development one). Since Private Keys are
> distributed in a fashion that makes it difficult for them to be
> attached to a license, the company wants to include this in each
> source code file so that users do not inadvertently commit to public
> repos with the Private Key set.
>

Surely this is a matter to handle via a 1:1 contract with your customer?  I
have doubts that the additional restriction you are proposing is
OSD-compliant.

S.
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