<div dir="auto"><div>Patrick,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I like the idea, putting aside questions of legal review. Have you run this by the FSF? I can't speak to their appetite for revising the GPL, but improvements to indemnification language might be of interest to them.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Brendan</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 15:50 Patrick Schleizer <<a href="mailto:adrelanos@riseup.net">adrelanos@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"># Name<br>
<br>
GPL-3+-with-whonix-additional-terms<br>
<br>
# Rationale<br>
<br>
The GPL exclusion of warranties clause may not include infringement<br>
claims. Other Libre Software licenses do include this. [1]<br>
<br>
Many projects do add additional permissions or terms to the GPL. [2]<br>
This is possible as per GNU GPL version 3 section 7.<br>
<br>
The text of the GPLv3 remains completely unmodified. A pure use of GNU<br>
GPL version 3 section 7.<br>
<br>
Includes improved legal protections:<br>
<br>
- improved disclaimer of warranty,<br>
<br>
- improved limitation of warranty,<br>
<br>
- indemnification: "Requiring indemnification of licensors and authors<br>
of that material by anyone who conveys the material (or modified<br>
versions of it) with contractual assumptions of liability to the<br>
recipient, for any liability that these contractual assumptions directly<br>
impose on those licensors and authors." [3]<br>
<br>
- improved trademark/attribution/misrepresentation protection.<br>
<br>
# Distinguish<br>
<br>
doom3 / Return to Castle Wolfenstein by id Software and micropolis by<br>
Electronic Arts use a very similar license, but these contain text<br>
specific to those companies and software. Therefore unsuitable for reuse<br>
by third parties. GPL-3+-with-whonix-additional-terms has the intent<br>
to be reusable by third parties in their projects since it does not<br>
contain language specific to Whonix. [4]<br>
<br>
GPL-3+-with-whonix-additional-terms minimal changes to it:<br>
<br>
* Change "The Doom 3 BFG Edition GPL Source Code" wording to the more<br>
common "this program" which is used throughout the GPL.<br>
* Added a "trump clause]" [5], in other words, any conflicts or disputes<br>
between the additional terms and the GPLv3 shall be resolved in favor of<br>
the GPLv3 by adding "Notwithstanding any other provision of this<br>
License" (as mentioned in GPL FAQ [6]) at the beginning of the<br>
additional terms.<br>
* License: "GPL-3+-with-whonix-additional-terms"<br>
<br>
# Legal review<br>
<br>
It is probably reasonable to assume that id Software and Electronic Arts<br>
had their license checked by their lawyers but there is no public<br>
information available on this.<br>
<br>
micropolis which uses a very similar language is available in Debian<br>
main [7], this was discussed and no complaints raised related to DFSG<br>
(The Debian Free Software Guidelines). [8] [9] But I am not aware who's<br>
the lawyer.<br>
<br>
No legal review.<br>
<br>
# Proliferation category<br>
<br>
Other/Miscellaneous licenses<br>
<br>
# Footnotes<br>
<br>
[1]<br>
<a href="https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.suffolk.edu/dist/5/1153/files/2014/12/McJohn-THE-GPL-MEETS-THE-UCC.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.suffolk.edu/dist/5/1153/files/2014/12/McJohn-THE-GPL-MEETS-THE-UCC.pdf</a><br>
[2]<br>
<a href="http://www.mmmtechlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PLI-Open-Source-2014-Extra-provisions-of-FSF-licenses.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.mmmtechlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PLI-Open-Source-2014-Extra-provisions-of-FSF-licenses.pdf</a><br>
[3] Quote from GPLv3<br>
[4] The name of the license includes "whonix" but that could be changed<br>
if offending.<br>
[5] <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/canonical-updated-licensing-terms" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fsf.org/news/canonical-updated-licensing-terms</a><br>
[6] <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v3Notwithstanding" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v3Notwithstanding</a><br>
[7] <a href="https://packages.debian.org/buster/micropolis" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://packages.debian.org/buster/micropolis</a><br>
[8] <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/10/msg00002.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/10/msg00002.html</a><br>
[9] <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/10/msg00003.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/10/msg00003.html</a><br>
<br>
# Appendix: The license text<br>
<br>
License: GPL-3+-with-whonix-additional-terms<br>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify<br>
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by<br>
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or<br>
(at your option) any later version.<br>
.<br>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,<br>
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of<br>
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the<br>
GNU General Public License for more details.<br>
.<br>
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License<br>
along with this program. If not, see <<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>>.<br>
.<br>
On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public<br>
License version 3 can be found in the file<br>
`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.<br>
.<br>
ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE per GNU GPL version 3 section 7<br>
.<br>
Notwithstanding any other provision of this License,<br>
in addition, the this program is also subject to certain additional terms.<br>
.<br>
1. Replacement of Section 15. Section 15 of the GPL shall be deleted<br>
in its<br>
entirety and replaced with the following:<br>
.<br>
15. Disclaimer of Warranty.<br>
.<br>
THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR<br>
IMPLIED,<br>
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A<br>
PARTICULAR<br>
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE AND MERCHANTABILITY. THE PROGRAM IS BEING<br>
DELIVERED OR MADE AVAILABLE 'AS IS', 'WITH ALL FAULTS' AND WITHOUT<br>
WARRANTY OR<br>
REPRESENTATION. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE<br>
PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME<br>
THE COST OF<br>
ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.<br>
.<br>
2. Replacement of Section 16. Section 16 of the GPL shall be deleted<br>
in its<br>
entirety and replaced with the following:<br>
.<br>
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.<br>
.<br>
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY<br>
OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE<br>
LIABLE TO YOU, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY<br>
DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT,<br>
SPECIAL,<br>
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN<br>
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM OR OTHER<br>
DEALINGS WITH<br>
THE PROGRAM(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING<br>
RENDERED<br>
INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE<br>
PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), WHETHER OR NOT ANY<br>
COPYRIGHT HOLDER<br>
OR SUCH OTHER PARTY RECEIVES NOTICE OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES AND WHETHER OR<br>
NOT SUCH<br>
DAMAGES COULD HAVE BEEN FORESEEN.<br>
.<br>
3. LEGAL NOTICES; NO TRADEMARK LICENSE; ORIGIN. You must reproduce<br>
faithfully<br>
all trademark, copyright and other proprietary and legal notices on any<br>
copies<br>
of the Program or any other required author attributions. This license<br>
does not<br>
grant you rights to use any copyright holder or any other party's name,<br>
logo, or<br>
trademarks. Neither the name of the copyright holder or its<br>
affiliates, or any<br>
other party who modifies and/or conveys the Program may be used to<br>
endorse or<br>
promote products derived from this software without specific prior written<br>
permission. The origin of the Program must not be misrepresented; you<br>
must not<br>
claim that you wrote the original Program. Altered source versions must be<br>
plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the<br>
original<br>
Program.<br>
.<br>
4. INDEMNIFICATION. IF YOU CONVEY A COVERED WORK AND AGREE WITH ANY<br>
RECIPIENT<br>
OF THAT COVERED WORK THAT YOU WILL ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR THAT<br>
COVERED WORK,<br>
YOU HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS THE OTHER<br>
LICENSORS AND<br>
AUTHORS OF THAT COVERED WORK FOR ANY DAMAGES, DEMANDS, CLAIMS, LOSSES,<br>
CAUSES OF<br>
ACTION, LAWSUITS, JUDGMENTS EXPENSES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION<br>
REASONABLE<br>
ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES) OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM,<br>
RELATED TO OR<br>
IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ASSUMPTIONS OF LIABILITY.<br>
<br>
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