Re: Proposal of new new open-source license for graphics (TERO-GL-1.0)

Agreed. But I couldn't actually find the text that implemented that
requirement.

Bruce Perens K6BP

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 16:11 Josh Berkus <[email protected]> wrote:

> Morten,
>
> > I am representing Teradyne Robotics A/S, a division of Teradyne inc.
> > (https://www.teradyne.com/ <https://www.teradyne.com/>), that provides
> > robot arms (https://www.universal-robots.com/ <https://www.universal-
> > robots.com/>) and autonomous mobile robots (https://mobile-industrial-
> > robots.com/ <https://mobile-industrial-robots.com/>).
>
> While I haven't reviewed the text of the license, there seems to be a
> core purpose of the license that's at odds with open source requirements:
>
>  > The main goal was to find a license that would allow third parties to
> use these models in simulation environments while not allowing them to
> manufacture physical products based on them.
>
> That's a clear violation of OSD6 ("no discrimination against fields of
> endeavor"), as far as I can tell, and explains why you couldn't find an
> existing open source license that suited your purpose.  This is very
> similar to "no commercial use" licenses that are popular with a variety
> of entities; those can be open-ish, but they are not open source.
>
> It sounds like what you want is more of a "shared source" license, or
> even an agreement, for your association.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
>
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