From d1ad7bd8e3065ca3ac098630a1edd2402a13ad4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shane Curcuru Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 15:47:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Better limitations:trademark-use Existing phrase is likely confusing to new readers; trying to better clarify the fact that copyright licenses don't grant you trademarks anyway, but that these licenses are explicit about letting you know trademarks aren't copyrights. --- _data/rules.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_data/rules.yml b/_data/rules.yml index 1eee415..108bf67 100644 --- a/_data/rules.yml +++ b/_data/rules.yml @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ permissions: tag: patent-use limitations: -- description: While this may be implicitly true of all licenses, this license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you any rights in the trademarks or other marks of contributors. +- description: This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you any trademark rights, even though trademark rights are not implicitly granted by any common licenses. label: Trademark Use tag: trademark-use - description: Software is provided without warranty and the software author/license owner cannot be held liable for damages. From 4c3818e881ced0de2043960a3defb34222c1ff1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shane Curcuru Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 21:38:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update with proposed suggestion --- _data/rules.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_data/rules.yml b/_data/rules.yml index 108bf67..3cf3145 100644 --- a/_data/rules.yml +++ b/_data/rules.yml @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ permissions: tag: patent-use limitations: -- description: This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you any trademark rights, even though trademark rights are not implicitly granted by any common licenses. +- description: This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you trademark rights, even though licenses without such a statement probably do not grant you any implicit trademark rights. label: Trademark Use tag: trademark-use - description: Software is provided without warranty and the software author/license owner cannot be held liable for damages. From 46270d6389658b322640606cd94e0243e077a0e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shane Curcuru Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 21:39:47 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Match readme to actual description --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7e11c16..8669d44 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ The license properties (rules) are stored as a bulleted list within the licenses #### Limitations -* `trademark-use` - While this may be implicitly true of all licenses, this license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you any rights in the trademarks or other marks of contributors. +* `trademark-use` - This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you trademark rights, even though licenses without such a statement probably do not grant you any implicit trademark rights. * `no-liability` - Software is provided without warranty and the software author/license owner cannot be held liable for damages. * `patent-use` - This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you any rights in the patents of contributors.