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The goal of this IP Policy guidance is to make it really simple for projects to comply with the Foundation's IP Policy. This document is non-exhaustive by design. It is meant to address the most common scenarios, not every corner-case. It is also opinionated: it favors community norms and best pratices in areas where the Foundation's IP Policy provides leeway to do so. This document is based on prior work from CNCF, available here: https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/copyright-notices.md, an earlier pull request by @brianwarner, available here: #414, and community input. Committer: Tobie Langel <tobie@unlockopen.com>
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# OpenJS Foundation IP Policy Guidance | ||
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The purpose of this guide is to make it straightforward for projects | ||
to follow the [OpenJS Foundation IP Policy][IP Policy]. | ||
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Of course, the source of truth remains the [IP Policy][]. | ||
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If in doubt about anything related to IP after reading this document, | ||
first read the [IP Policy][], and then [ask for help](#getting-help). | ||
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## Basic requirements | ||
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There are three key requirements for all OpenJS Foundation projects: | ||
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1. [Licensing](#1-licensing), | ||
2. [copyright notices](#2-copyright-notices), and | ||
3. displaying the [standard website footer](#3-standard-website-footer) on the project's website. | ||
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Additionally, projects may decide to adopt the [OpenJS Foundation Contributor License Agreement (CLA)](#contributor-license-agreement-cla). | ||
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### 1. Licensing | ||
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Code may be licensed under: | ||
* [Apache, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) | ||
* [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) | ||
* [2-Clause BSD](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause) | ||
* [3-Clause BSD](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause) | ||
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Documentation may be licensed under: | ||
* [CC BY 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | ||
* [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) | ||
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If you need to use a license which isn't in the list, | ||
you will need to obtain permission from the Board to do so. | ||
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### 2. Copyright notices | ||
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The recommendation is to use a general copyright statement | ||
of the following form (where XYZ is the project's name): | ||
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- **Copyright The XYZ Authors.** | ||
- **Copyright The XYZ Contributors.** | ||
- **Copyright Contributors to the XYZ project.** | ||
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By using this format, the project avoids having to deal with | ||
names of copyright holders, years or ranges of years, | ||
and variations on the (c) symbol. | ||
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_Please note that you **must not** change or remove existing copyright lines | ||
unless you put them there **and** have the right to do so. | ||
If there are existing copyright lines just | ||
add the recommended copyright statement below the existing copyright lines. | ||
You may however update copyright lines that say | ||
"JS Foundation" or "Node.js Foundation" to "OpenJS Foundation" | ||
as this simply reflects the merged status of the organizations._ | ||
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### 3. Standard website footer | ||
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All project websites need to have a [standard website footer][]. | ||
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### Contributor License Agreement (CLA) | ||
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Projects may decide to adopt the [OpenJS Foundation CLA][CLA] but may not use other CLAs. | ||
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## Getting help | ||
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If you have a question about this policy or how to implement it, please reach out to [legal-questions@lists.openjsf.org](mailto:legal-questions@lists.openjsf.org). | ||
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[IP Policy]: https://ip-policy.openjsf.org | ||
[CLA]: https://cla.openjsf.org | ||
[standard website footer]: https://github.com/openjs-foundation/artwork#copyright-notices-for-project-website-footers |