[Fiware-pcc] [Fiware-wpl] code deliverables

[Alex Glikson]

Dear Matteo, all,

Per the CA (Section 4.2.7.1 (c)):

"...no Party shall be obliged to grant Access Rights to Source Code. All 
Access Rights to Software that is Foreground, whether for execution of the 
Project or for Use, shall be in the form of Limited Source Code Access."

The definition of "Limited Source Code Access" is (Section 1.2):
Limited Source Code Access means: (a) access to Object Code; or, where 
normal use of such Object Code requires an API, access to such Object Code 
and such API;or (b), if (a) is not available, access to Source Code if the 
requesting Party can demonstrate such access is Needed and in any case 
strictly limited to the extent Needed.

To summarize, the "default" is to share binaries and APIs -- for both 
foreground and background. Only if there is a clear justification (e.g., 
integration can not be done otherwise), portions of the actual source code 
can be shared.
In fact, this makes a lot of sense to me, because we start the project 
from existing assets, some of which are proprietary. And the "foreground" 
work is often about enhancing those assets. So, it doesn't make sense to 
share the "delta" if you don't share the original code base.

Regards,
Alex



From:   Matteo Melideo <matteo.melideo at eng.it>
To:     Alex Glikson/Haifa/IBM at IBMIL
Cc:     "fiware-wpl at lists.fi-ware.eu" <fiware-wpl at lists.fi-ware.eu>, 
"fiware-wpa at lists.fi-ware.eu" <fiware-wpa at lists.fi-ware.eu>, 
"fiware-pcc at lists.fi-ware.eu" <fiware-pcc at lists.fi-ware.eu>
Date:   29/02/2012 11:44 AM
Subject:        Re: [Fiware-wpl] code deliverables



Dear Alex,
thank you for this mail, it is extremely important to be clarified.
I raised the issue during the Wp9 conference call but I just want to 
clarify that when I talked about source code of the Prototype deliverables 
I meant only the foreground knowledge (i.e. software code developed under 
the FI-WARE Grant) and not background one (i.e. pre-existing code). In 
addition to this, I did not mean to provide the software code in a public 
repository market as Public (PU) but in the private area of our portal 
marked Restricted (RE) or Confidential (CO) according to the licence and 
Consortium Agreement agreed policies. 

Best

Matteo

Il 28/02/2012 22:16, Alex Glikson ha scritto: 
Dear all, 

I've been asked by one of my colleagues whether partners are supposed to 
provide source code of deliverables. 
To avoid confusion and legal issues in the future, it is important to 
clarify that per the Consortium agreement, partners are *NOT* obliged to 
provide any proprietary source code. 
I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that exceptions are possible 
(when there is a clear need) -- but might require some legal formalities. 

Juanjo/Jose -- please, confirm/clarify. 

Thanks, 
Alex 

P.S. Consortium agreement can be found at 
https://forge.fi-ware.eu/docman/view.php/7/688/IPCA_FI-WARE_final_12th_sept_2011.pdf 


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