Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 74309
distribution of hyph_nl_NL.dic violates the LPPL
Last modified: 2017-05-20 09:01:33 UTC
hyph_nl_NL.dic, as found in http://ftp.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/contrib/dictionaries/hyph_nl_NL.zip is derived from a file licensed under the LPPL, but it violates at least paragraph 6d of the LPPL. Needed information: Either distribute the original file as well, or (better) name the file and the version of the file which the derived work is based on. The LPPL requests "Information that is sufficient to obtain a complete, unmodified copy of the Work." The LPPL can be found at http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
You can find the original file here: http://www.ntg.nl/spelling/dutch96.pat It is actually distributed under the LGPL, as stated on this page: http://www.ntg.nl/spelling/index.html. It was previously under some other license but the author, Piet Tutelaers, agreed to change this especially so it could be distributed with OpenOffice.org.
SBA: Confirming 21 sub-issues of issue 74283 at once. I believe that doko did the right thing and could/should have set the issues to NEW right after submitting (Just like all "CanConfirm rights owners" do when submitting issues) Thus I beieve that taking a second look at EACH of these files is not worth the effort. The state "Unconfirmed" is irritating queries used in daily QA work.
@ simonbr I read the text you link to and I read the readme text. Can you please fit the readme text to the declaration found under http://www.ntg.nl/spelling/index.html
On the page it says: "Ook de afbreekpatronen mogen door iedereen gebruikt worden, binnen de voorwaarden die in de licentie (de GNU Lesser General Public License) zijn vastgelegd." Translated into English: "Also the hyphenation patterns may be used by anyone, within the conditions that are laid down in the license (the GNU Lesser General Public License)".
I attach the new corrected README file. @ simonbr please confirm the corrections then I'll attach also the zip file with thi corrected README file
Created attachment 66710 [details] new Readme-File
*** Issue 74265 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Hi Mechtilde, I would just change "Ook de" -> "Deze" and "Also the" -> "These" because the web page is also about word lists, and the readme is only about the hyphenation patterns.
Created attachment 66717 [details] corrected Readme-File
Created attachment 66718 [details] new Zip-File
first I worked at the old version with is also link by doko OOO320_m8 contains a newer version there license text there is ok So this issue works for me sorry for the trouble
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Mechtilde: I am sorry, but I don't see where you can be right: Looking at OOO320_m8, there's no README for hyph_nl_NL. OK, so let's look at README_nl_NL.txt, which says: --- snip --- License: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use and/or distribution of the Dutch wordlist including the hyphenation patterns is only allowed in accordance to the license conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License (GNU LGPL). The text of this license is included at the end of this file. You are kindly requested to keep a copy of this file "README_nl_NL.txt" with every copy you make of the word list. --- snip --- Nice, but where does it say that it's based on TeX? Where does it say on which version of the TeX patterns (filename and version!) it is based or where does it supply the additional file?
@ rene yes this part tell me that the worlist is (also) licensed under the LGPL. To write about the TeX soure and publishing the link to the origin file is only neccessary if the TeX file is only licensed under LPPL and not licensed under different licenses. I proceeded from the assumptionthat that this is a declaration of a multi licensed source.
OOo 3.3 is nearly done. Therefore I change the target of this issue to OOo 3.x. Please find a solution and set an adequate target, when it is known when a fix can be integrated.
Sorry, but I don't see the necessity for integrating any fix. The author himself has released these hyphenation patterns under the LGPL, which should be sufficient for inclusion in, and distribution with, OOo. And the current readme file correctly reflects that it is licensed this way. The fact that the file has been distributed under another license does not preclude its release *by its author* under the LGPL as well. And being licensed under the LGPL its distribution is simply allowed under the conditions of the LGPL, without *any* additional conditions. So IMO Mechtilde's assumption is correct and this issue can be simply closed without any further "fix".
The dictionary component was removed as part of the IP clearance process.