Re: [science-pmc] Thoughts on projects switching between type A and type

[Greg Watson <g.watson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anyone wanting to redistribute and/or sell products that include Eclipse code would require the additional due diligence provided by B. Otherwise they could be potentially liable for infringing IP or copyright. So if there is any desire to have the software used in this way (e.g. you wanted a vendor to use it in a product, or you thought it might be worthy of commercialization) then B would be the best choice. If you don't think this is likely then A is probably fine.

Regards,

Greg 

On Mar 13, 2018, at 6:31 PM, Jay Jay Billings <jayjaybillings@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for the thoughts Christopher. I see it much the same way coming from the Lab and our corporate partners don't care about this issue very much. 

I am asking for opinions on this to evaluate the possibility and value of making the next version of ICE type A under EPL 2.

Jay

On Mar 13, 2018 18:02, "Christopher Brooks" <cxh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Type B is "better" than A, but B can be difficult if the tree is large and there are many contributors.

I see the main value of Type B in being that corporations might be more inclined to use Type B software than Type A software in their product.

However, the effort to meet Type B compliance can be large and could take away from other efforts.

For me, working in academia, Type A is sufficient.

_Christopher

On 3/13/18 11:08 AM, Jay Jay Billings wrote:

Everyone,

Do you have any thoughts on projects switching between type A and type B IP due diligence? In type A, licenses are checked for compatibility. Type B is the classic IP policy that includes the full provenance check in addition to the license check of type A.

Jay

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Jay Jay Billings

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Twitter Handle: @jayjaybillings

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