ORL-2.2
A reseller or systems integrator evaluating it internally, under ORL 2.2
Packages and resells software built by others. Development, testing, evaluation, or research inside your organisation. This resolves to the Canopy tier.
Tier
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
Who and what
The situation being resolved.
Actor
A reseller or systems integrator
Packages and resells software built by others.
varies
Situation
Evaluating it internally
Development, testing, evaluation, or research inside your organisation.
Rulings
2 questions resolved against the text.
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
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
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.
Non-normative. Where this and the licence text disagree, the licence text applies.