Re: HTML test suite licensing

Dan Connolly wrote:
> The html5lib project has one of the better chunks of HTML test
> materials around. I'd like to contribute to it and use it in
> this Working Group, so I started looking into the licensing issues.
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/html5lib/
> http://esw.w3.org/topic/HtmlTestMaterials
> 
> html5lib uses the MIT license, which is open source and non-viral.
> http://html5lib.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/LICENSE
> 
> W3C has a relevant policy...
> 
>   Policies for Contribution of Test Cases to W3C
>   http://www.w3.org/2004/10/27-testcases.html
> 
> ... which involves using the W3C document license, which doesn't
> license derivative works; i.e. it's clearly not an open source license.
> 
> Karl noted a that the DOM test suite uses the W3C software
> license, which, like the MIT license, is an open source,
> non-viral license.
>  http://www.w3.org/DOM/Test/Documents/DOMTSFAQ
> 
> I followed up with W3C management/legal and they're OK with:
> 
>  (a) using the W3C software license for collaboration between
>   the HTML WG and the html5lib project

This would require moving the project off of the code.google.com 
infrastructure.  More details: http://tinyurl.com/3agnot

>  (b) at some milestone, publishing a snapshot of the test suite
>   wrapped in a W3C technical report under the W3C document license.
> 
> James, Anne, and company, does that seems OK to you?
> 
> If switching from the MIT license to the W3C software license
> is a big hassle, I'm perhaps flexible on that.
> 
> Chris W., does this seem OK with you? Based on your earlier
> feedback, I'm sorta presuming it is.
> 
>

Received on Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:18:47 UTC