OpenRoots

ORL-2.2

A cloud or hosting provider operating it internally, under ORL 2.2

Offers managed services to third parties as its primary business. Running the Work inside your organisation at operating scope. This resolves to the Canopy tier.

Tier

Canopy

Owed

0.5% of revenue attributable to products or services that depend on the Work, capped at $250,000 per year, plus a quarterly Canopy Report.

Sections in play

1.8, 1.9, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2

Who and what

The situation being resolved.

Actor

A cloud or hosting provider

Offers managed services to third parties as its primary business.

over 2M USD

Situation

Operating it internally

Running the Work inside your organisation at operating scope.

Rulings

3 questions resolved against the text.

clear

Which tier applies?

Canopy. Offers managed services to third parties as its primary business. Section 5.2 reporting applies; the Section 5.1 royalty attaches when the Licensee makes Production Use and only to attributable revenue.

Sections 1.8, 3.1, 5.1

clear

Is anything owed?

0.5% of revenue attributable to products or services that depend on the Work, capped at $250,000 per year, plus a quarterly Canopy Report.

Sections 5.1, 5.2

clear

Does this count as Production Use?

Yes. Running the Work inside your organisation at operating scope. Section 1.9 covers internal operation at operating scope and systems made available externally to customers or the public. Development, testing, evaluation, research, and personal non-revenue use remain outside it.

Sections 1.9

Same actor

Other situations for this party.