[PATCH] osmo-trx[master]: Update license notes

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Max gerrit-no-reply at lists.osmocom.org
Thu Jan 4 13:32:14 UTC 2018


Review at  https://gerrit.osmocom.org/5645

Update license notes

* move clarification passages to README
* replace references to OpenBTS with OsmoTRX
* rearrange paragraphs for easier reading
* drop trademark notice

Change-Id: I144f96c507bfe48df350fb0350edbeba87126462
Related: OS#2600
---
M COPYING
M README
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)


  git pull ssh://gerrit.osmocom.org:29418/osmo-trx refs/changes/45/5645/1

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index b5af151..dba13ed 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -659,66 +659,3 @@
 if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU AGPL, see
 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-
-
-
-=========================================================================
-
-This marks the end of the AGPLv3 text.  The following text is appended to the
-same file for convience but constituting a distinct document, not part of the
-actual AGPL text and not part of an attempt to create a deriviative work based
-on the AGPLv3 text.
-
-=========================================================================
-
-
-ADDITIONAL TERMS TO THE AGPLv3 LICENSE FOR OPENBTS
-
-
-Permissive Terms Supplementing the License
-
-1. Remote Interaction Through IP Networks.
-
-OpenBTS includes an implementation of the GSM network cellular air interface,
-as well as other interfaces to IP networks.  The interaction of cellular
-handsets with the OpenBTS software is considered "remote network interaction"
-for the purposes of the Affero General Public License and cellular users are
-subject to the source code access requirements of Section 13 of AGPLv3 ("Remote
-Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License").
-
-Remote interactions through interfaces other than the GSM air interface are, at
-your option, exempted from the requirements of Section 13 ("Remote Network
-Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License").  This exemption of
-interfaces other than the GSM air interface from the requirements of Section 13
-is an additional permission granted to you.  
-
-
-Non-Permissive Terms Supplementing The License
-
-1. Trademarks.
-
-"OpenBTS" is a trademark of Range Networks, Inc., registered with
-the US Patent and Trademark Office.  Your use of OpenBTS software under a GPL
-license does not include the right to use the OpenBTS trademark in commerce.
-This additional non-permissive term is consistent with Section 7 of the AGPLv3
-license.
-
-
-END OF ADDITIONAL TERMS
-
-
-
-How to comply with Section 13 of the AGPLv3 license.
-
-The recommended method for compliance with Section 13 of the AGPLv3 license is
-to deliver a text message to each handset that attaches to the OpenBTS cellular
-network.  At a minimum, that text message should include the string "OpenBTS
-AGPLv3" and a URL that can be used to access the OpenBTS source code.  This
-message need not be delivered to handsets that are denied registration with the
-network, since those handsets have been denied service.
-
-In OpenBTS 2.6, such text messages can be delivered with the "Welcome Message"
-feature.  See the OpenBTS.config.example file for more information on the use of
-this feature for AGPLv3 compliance.
-
diff --git a/README b/README
index 502d661..5f9524c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -112,5 +112,26 @@
 148 bytes output symbol values, 0 & 1
 
 
+How to comply with Section 13 of the AGPLv3 license.
 
+1. Remote Interaction Through IP Networks.
 
+OsmoTRX includes an implementation of the GSM network cellular air interface,
+as well as other interfaces to IP networks.  The interaction of cellular
+handsets with the OsmoTRX software is considered "remote network interaction"
+for the purposes of the Affero General Public License and cellular users are
+subject to the source code access requirements of Section 13 of AGPLv3 ("Remote
+Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License").
+
+Remote interactions through interfaces other than the GSM air interface are, at
+your option, exempted from the requirements of Section 13 ("Remote Network
+Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License").  This exemption of
+interfaces other than the GSM air interface from the requirements of Section 13
+is an additional permission granted to you.
+
+The recommended method for compliance with Section 13 of the AGPLv3 license is
+to deliver a text message to each handset that attaches to the cellular
+network.  At a minimum, that text message should include the string "OsmoTRX
+AGPLv3" and a URL that can be used to access the OsmoTRX source code.  This
+message need not be delivered to handsets that are denied registration with the
+network, since those handsets have been denied service.

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