[PATCH] osmo-trx[master]: Update legal disclaimer

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Max gerrit-no-reply at lists.osmocom.org
Thu Jan 4 13:32:15 UTC 2018


Review at  https://gerrit.osmocom.org/5646

Update legal disclaimer

* drop trademark passage
* add link to OpenBTS website and corresponding attribution
* replace OpenBTS references with OsmoTRX

Change-Id: Ia40df831649cdb68898db9ca77868c422a8d631d
Related: OS#2600
---
M LEGAL
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)


  git pull ssh://gerrit.osmocom.org:29418/osmo-trx refs/changes/46/5646/1

diff --git a/LEGAL b/LEGAL
index 1d7702b..a8b75f2 100644
--- a/LEGAL
+++ b/LEGAL
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 OpenBTS
 
+The OsmoTRX project is direved from OpenBTS transceiver code. See http://openbts.org/ for details.
+
+The related copyrights:
 Most parts copyright 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation.
 Some parts copyright 2010 Kestrel Signal Processing, Inc.
 Some parts copyright 2011 Range Networks, Inc.
@@ -12,17 +15,9 @@
 actions are necessary to avoid patent infringement.
 
 
-Trademark
-
-"OpenBTS" is a registered trademark of Range Networks, Inc. (Range), a
-California corporation.  Range reserves the right to control the use of this 
-trademark.  Do not use this trademark in commerce without permission and do not
-rebrand OpenBTS under a different trademark.
-
-
 Telecom and Radio Spectrum Laws
 
-The primary function of OpenBTS is the provision of telecommunications service
+The primary function of OsmoTRX is the provision of telecommunications service
 over a radio link.  This activity is heavily regulated nearly everywhere in
 the world.  Users of this software are expected to comply with local and national
 regulations in the jurisdictions where this sortware is used with radio equipment.
@@ -39,7 +34,7 @@
 
 Note to US Government Users
 
-The OpenBTS software applications and associated documentation are "Commercial
+The OsmoTRX software applications and associated documentation are "Commercial
 Item(s)," as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. Section 2.101, consisting of
 "Commercial Computer Software" and "Commercial Computer Software Documentation,"
 as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 or 48 C.F.R. 227.7202, as
@@ -54,13 +49,12 @@
 Note to US Government Contractors
 
 GPL is not compatible with "government purpose rights" (GPR).  If you receive
-OpenBTS software under a GPL and deliver it under GPR, you will be in violation
+OsmoTRX software under a GPL and deliver it under GPR, you will be in violation
 of GPL and possibly subject to enforcement actions by the original authors and
 copyright holders, including the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 
 Software Licensing and Distribution
 
-A subset of OpenBTS is distributed publicly under AGPLv3.  Range reserves the right to
-distribute most of this source code other licenses as well.  See the COPYING file
+The OsmoTRX is distributed publicly under AGPLv3. See the COPYING file
 for more information on the license for this distribution.

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Gerrit-Change-Id: Ia40df831649cdb68898db9ca77868c422a8d631d
Gerrit-PatchSet: 1
Gerrit-Project: osmo-trx
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