OpenRoots

ORL-2.2

A reseller or systems integrator combining it with other licences, under ORL 2.2

Packages and resells software built by others. Mixing the Work with GPL, Apache, MIT, or proprietary code. This resolves to the Canopy tier.

Tier

Canopy

Owed

A quarterly Canopy Report. Section 5.1 imposes a royalty only when the Canopy Licensee makes Production Use.

Sections in play

1.8, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1

Who and what

The situation being resolved.

Actor

A reseller or systems integrator

Packages and resells software built by others.

varies

Situation

Combining it with other licences

Mixing the Work with GPL, Apache, MIT, or proprietary code.

Rulings

3 questions resolved against the text.

clear

Which tier applies?

Canopy. Packages and resells software built by others. 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?

A quarterly Canopy Report. Section 5.1 imposes a royalty only when the Canopy Licensee makes Production Use.

Sections 5.1, 5.2

conditional

Can this be combined with copyleft?

Not with GPL or AGPL for a combined derivative work. Those licences forbid additional restrictions, and the royalty, Compute clause, and competing-offering restriction are additional restrictions. There is no automatic conversion that makes this disappear for current releases.

Sections 5.1, 6.1, 7.1

Cautions

What this situation gets wrong most often.

  • Section 1.7 excludes an entity acting as a reseller or intermediary for a Legal Entity above the threshold from the Root tier, even where its own revenue is small.

Same actor

Other situations for this party.