gnunet_taler_agreement.tex (6741B)
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They both are collaboratively working on the Free Software 38 applications, frameworks or libraries originating from the GNUnet Project 39 under the premises of the GNU GPL license. 40 41 With this agreement they want to ensure that this collaborative 42 development does not create any obstacles for the respective 43 project's goals with respect to licensing and distribution. Given 44 the interdependencies between the GNUnet code 45 and the Taler code, the objective is to arrive at a well-engineered 46 system where functionality is moved to the component where it makes 47 sense from an engineering perspective, irrespective of the identity 48 of the contributor. 49 50 Additionally, our ogal is that both Taler Systems SA and GNUnet e.V. are 51 free to engage in all activities necessary to help Taler and GNUnet 52 technologies to become spread and widely used Free Software. 53 54 \section*{Involved parties} 55 This agreement is being made between 56 \begin{itemize} 57 \item GNUnet e.V., a German association of GNUnet developers registered in Munich and seated in Garching, which holds all rights on the code contributed to the GNUnet project (``GNUnet code'') and 58 \item Taler Systems SA, seated 7 rue de Mondorf, L-5421 Erpeldange, Luxemburgh. 59 \end{itemize} 60 61 \section*{Shareholder clause} 62 63 GNUnet e.V. obtains voting shares in the Taler Systems SA company as 64 per the shareholder agreement attached to this contract. 65 66 \section*{Mutual Ownership Transfer clause} 67 68 GNUnet e.V. agrees 69 \begin{itemize} 70 \item that contributions by its GNUnet contributors to the Taler code will be owned by Taler Systems SA. 71 \end{itemize} 72 Taler Systems SA agrees 73 \begin{itemize} 74 \item that contributions it makes to the GNUnet code will be owned by GNUnet e.V. 75 \end{itemize} 76 77 \section*{Multi-Licensing clause} 78 79 GNUnet e.V. agrees that Taler Systems SA is allowed to distribute those 80 parts of the GNUnet code that Taler depends upon (currently 81 libgnunetutil, libgnunetpq, libgnunetcurl and libgnunetjson) under 82 other licenses than the GNU GPLv3 license (or any later version), as 83 long as all of the following conditions are met: 84 85 \begin{itemize} 86 \item All copies of GNUnet code and any changes made to it are always made publicly available under the GPLv3 license (or any later version). 87 \item Taler Systems SA has the right to relicense the GNUnet code and any changes made to it under other licenses than the GNU GPLv3 (or any later version). 88 \item Any license other than the GNU GPLv3 license (or any later version) used to relicense GNUnet code by Taler Systems SA must have the nature that no modifications to the code are allowed by the licensee. Any licensee shall not make or cause to be made, nor permit, modifications, further developments or create derivative works of GNUnet code. 89 \item Finally, licensees of Taler Systems SA are only allowed to make copies of the GNUnet code they got licensed from Taler Systems SA. Any sub-licensee shall not make or cause to be made, nor permit, modification, further developments or create derivate works of GNUnet code. 90 \end{itemize} 91 92 \section*{``RMS wants you to advocate against evil'' clause} 93 94 Taler Systems SA makes sure all software it lets distribute and copy under 95 other licenses than the GNU GPLv3 license (or any later version) 96 contains a reference to its development ressources, stating clearly 97 that the same software is also available as Free Software under the 98 GNU GPLv3 license (or any later version); the same ressource includes 99 detailed build instructions and directions on how to run the binaries 100 created for each platform concerned. 101 102 \section*{``RMS is as paranoid as you are'' clause} 103 104 Taler Systems SA will make sure that non-GPLv3 distributions will use 105 protect the user's security and privacy as much as technically 106 possible. In particular, this includes enabling users to verify that 107 binaries match the GPLv3 source code (i.e. by using determinstic 108 builds). 109 110 \section*{No holding in Abeyance clause} 111 112 GNUnet e.V. expresses its interest in continuous development of Taler 113 and its expedited deployment. To assure this, Taler Systems SA agrees to assign 114 GNUnet e.V. shared ownership of Taler Systems SA's Taler code base should the 115 development on Taler cases for more than 12 months of time. Development 116 of Taler is defined to have ceased if the annual contributions from Taler 117 Inc to the Taler public code base reflect an effort of less than 118 that of 12 person months in the first 3 years of launching Taler and less than 119 that of 2 person months for 5 years thereafter. 120 121 \section*{Joint press release} 122 123 Both parties, GNUnet e.V. and Taler Systems SA agree in creating a joint 124 press release to inform the public about this agreement, which itself 125 may be publicly disclosed by either party. 126 127 \section*{Applicable law} 128 This agreement is subject to Swiss law. 129 \section*{Signatures} 130 \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ XXXX } 131 GNUnet e.V. & & & Taler Systems SA \\ 132 & & &\\ 133 & & &\\ 134 \dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}&&& 135 \dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\\ 136 & & &\\ 137 & & &\\ 138 \dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}&&& 139 \dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\\ 140 & & &\\ 141 Date:~~\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{} & & &Date:~~\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\dots{}\\ 142 \end{tabularx} 143 %\bibliographystyle{plainnat} 144 %\begin{flushleft} 145 %\footnotesize 146 %\bibliography{ref} 147 %\normalsize 148 %\end{flushleft} 149 \end{document}