Re: Proposed licensing change for OpenLDAP 2.0/-devel

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

Julio Sánchez Fernández wrote:
> "Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:
> > The OpenLDAP Foundation would like to release OpenLDAP 2.0
> > (and to OpenLDAP-devel) under a less restrictive license.  This
> > goal is to promote wide use and redistribution of the Project's
> > software while still protecting our name (which is actually
> > done under trademark law)

My point here, IANL, is that copyright law, IMO, is ineffective
in protecting trade names from abuse.

> So I think that some protections must always be kept in the license.

The terms include "some protections":

> 3. The name "OpenLDAP" must not be used to endorse or promote
> products derived from this Software without prior written
> permission of the OpenLDAP Foundation.  For written permission,
> please contact foundation@openldap.org.
>
> 4. Products derived from this Software may not be called "OpenLDAP"
> nor may "OpenLDAP" appear in their names without prior written
> permission of the OpenLDAP Foundation.  OpenLDAP is a registered
> trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation.

	Kurt