- From: Andy Seaborne <andy@seaborne.org>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 10:36:29 +0100
- To: semantic-web@w3.org
On 23/07/2020 22:48, David Booth wrote: > On 7/23/20 3:02 PM, Dan Brickley wrote: >> Every couple of years I stumble across UCUM >> (http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac -> >> http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac/wiki/TermsOfUse) before being scared >> away by the prickly terms of use document. It is not a document that >> seems to welcome re-use. > > Indeed, Regenstrief does not seem to want any competing standard to > develop. The license says: > > "users shall not use any of the Licensed Materials for the purpose of > developing or promulgating a different standard for identifying units of > measure" Agreed. It is reasonable to protect the standard against modification. W3C does this (by a different mechanism). The grammar and tables of symbols are in the "Licensed Materials" and it says "use any of". This clause is a field of use restriction so it conflicts with "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor" https://opensource.org/osd ---- See also: https://github.com/unitsofmeasurement/uom-systems/issues/76 The LICENSE does not mention UCUM T&C but https://github.com/unitsofmeasurement/uom-systems/commit/3cb4fd76c3 so despite the LICENSE, it seems the UCUM applies. (It should have a NOTICE file) > This is understandable in a way, since competing standards dilute the > value of having standards. But it would be a roadblock if UCUM does not > meet all needs. > > Are there other concerns about the license? That's the only issue that > I noticed. The mysterious clause 4. > > David Booth >
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