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

On 11/3/2025 2:35 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 11/3/25 1:01 AM, Morten Fruelund wrote:
>> The license text does not contain any restrictions with regard to 
>> fields of endeavor, and it does not distinguish between virtual and 
>> physical use or the purpose of the use. In order to achieve the goal, 
>> you mention, we simply opted to only grant a copyright license to the 
>> licensed material, and not include, e.g., a patent license like many 
>> other open-source licenses also do not do.
>
> That's an interesting approach, a big hedging on the spirit of OSS, 
> but allowable (in my individual opinion) as long as you don't 
> explicitly deny patent rights.  When you have updated your text from 
> other commentary, go ahead and submit it to license-review and we'll 
> delve into the actual text.
The text of this license *does* explicitly deny patent rights though, 
including implied patent license rights. So I think for that reason 
alone this one violates OSD 1 & 7.

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