LDP Test Cases licensing

Hi,

implementing the Test Cases [1] in Marmotta I came up with a formal 
detail [2] that may need to be discussed in the WG: Currently the 
document Test Cases is licensed W3C Document License [3], which contains 
the following clause:

   "No right to create modifications or derivatives of W3C documents
   is granted pursuant to this license. However, if additional
   requirements (documented in the Copyright FAQ) are satisfied,
   the right to create modifications or derivatives is sometimes
   granted by the W3C to individuals complying with those
   requirements."

In Marmotta we are caching the Test Cases data in Turtle, which I think 
could be considered a "modifications", at least that's what I understand 
from the FAQ [4]. Although this is not clear since those terms that 
apply to content do not apply so well for data.

A quick workaround would be to cache the Test Cases data in live, but 
I'd prefer to actually address the issue.

We have been discussing at ASF [5], and Andy points that "as a test 
suite, it would normally be dual licensed under W3C Test Suite license, 
which does not permit modifications and W3C 3-clause BSD License". Part 
of the conflict comes because in our cases the both data and document 
are the same. So it's something to check to avoid issues.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,


[1] 
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/ldpwg/raw-file/b3683634c29f/Test%20Cases/LDP%20Test%20Cases.html
[2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MARMOTTA-480
[3] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-documents-20021231
[4] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/IPR-FAQ-20000620#format
[5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-199

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Received on Thursday, 3 April 2014 06:37:15 UTC