לראשונה רישיון "badgeware" פתוח: Common Public Attribution License

ה-OSI הסמיך רישיון קוד פתוח חדש, המאפשר לחייב משתמשים בתוכנה להציג לוגו של החברה/פרוייקט ("badgeware") שיצרו את התוכנה, כאשר היא בשימוש באינטרנט. מדובר ב רישיון CPAL, שניסחה והגישה לאישרור חברת Socialtext.

הרישיון החדש נותן מענה חלקי לעניין השימוש בקוד פתוח בשירות ברשת. הנחיה בנוגע לשימוש בתוכנה ברשת אמורה הייתה להיות משולבת ב-GPL 3 (חדשות), אך הושמטה מהטיוטה הסופית של הרישיון החדש. GPL 3 תואם כיום עם רישיון Alffero GPL, המכסה שימוש בקוד פתוח ברשת.

בהקשר זה, מייקל טיימן, נשיא ה-OSI והגוף שאחראי על הסמכת רישיונות "קוד פתוח", האשים לאחרונה את חברת SugarCRM על פגיעה במונח "קוד פתוח" עבור תוכנה שלא שוחררה תחת רישיון מוכר. אבל בינתיים, SugarCRM הכריזה שתשתמש ברישיון GPL 3 החל בגירסה 5 של מערכת קשרי הלקוחות שלה (המהדורה הקהילתית).

דרך: eWeek, OSI Approves New Open-Source License

מידע נוסף
לינמגזין, פורסם תרגום לעברית של הרישיון הציבורי הכללי של GNU (גירסה 3)
לינמגזין, Samba עובר ל-GPLv3
לינמגזין, אל תקרא לי פתוח

14. ADDITIONAL TERM: ATTRIBUTION
(a) As a modest attribution to the organizer of the development of the Original Code (“Original Developer”), in the hope that its promotional value may help justify the time, money and effort invested in writing the Original Code, the Original Developer may include in Exhibit B (“Attribution Information”) a requirement that each time an Executable and Source Code or a Larger Work is launched or initially run (which includes initiating a session), a prominent display of the Original Developer’s Attribution Information (as defined below) must occur on the graphic user interface employed by the end user to access such Covered Code (which may include display on a splash screen), if any. The size of the graphic image should be consistent with the size of the other elements of the Attribution Information. If the access by the end user to the Executable and Source Code does not create a graphic user interface for access to the Covered Code, this obligation shall not apply. If the Original Code displays such Attribution Information in a particular form (such as in the form of a splash screen, notice at login, an “about” display, or dedicated attribution area on user interface screens), continued use of such form for that Attribution Information is one way of meeting this requirement for notice.
(b) Attribution information may only include a copyright notice, a brief phrase, graphic image and a URL (“Attribution Information”) and is subject to the Attribution Limits as defined below. For these purposes, prominent shall mean display for sufficient duration to give reasonable notice to the user of the identity of the Original Developer and that if You include Attribution Information or similar information for other parties, You must ensure that the Attribution Information for the Original Developer shall be no less prominent than such Attribution Information or similar information for the other party. For greater certainty, the Original Developer may choose to specify in Exhibit B below that the above attribution requirement only applies to an Executable and Source Code resulting from the Original Code or any Modification, but not a Larger Work. The intent is to provide for reasonably modest attribution, therefore the Original Developer cannot require that You display, at any time, more than the following information as Attribution Information: (a) a copyright notice including the name of the Original Developer; (b) a word or one phrase (not exceeding 10 words); (c) one graphic image provided by the Original Developer; and (d) a URL (collectively, the “Attribution Limits”).
(c) If Exhibit B does not include any Attribution Information, then there are no requirements for You to display any Attribution Information of the Original Developer.
(d) You acknowledge that all trademarks, service marks and/or trade names contained within the Attribution Information distributed with the Covered Code are the exclusive property of their owners and may only be used with the permission of their owners, or under circumstances otherwise permitted by law or as expressly set out in this License.
15. ADDITIONAL TERM: NETWORK USE.
The term “External Deployment” means the use, distribution, or communication of the Original Code or Modifications in any way such that the Original Code or Modifications may be used by anyone other than You, whether those works are distributed or communicated to those persons or made available as an application intended for use over a network. As an express condition for the grants of license hereunder, You must treat any External Deployment by You of the Original Code or Modifications as a distribution under section 3.1 and make Source Code available under Section 3.2.
מקור: רישיון CPAL 1.0