OpenRoots

ORM-2.2

A reseller or systems integrator naming the project publicly, under ORM 2.2

Packages and resells software built by others. Saying your product is built on or compatible with the Work. 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, 11.1, 11.2, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1

Who and what

The situation being resolved.

Actor

A reseller or systems integrator

Packages and resells software built by others.

varies

Situation

Naming the project publicly

Saying your product is built on or compatible with the Work.

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

clear

May you say what you built on?

Yes, irrevocably, provided you are current on Section 5. Section 11.2 guarantees nominative fair use, and that right cannot be revoked, fee-gated, or used as leverage against a paying licensee.

Sections 11.1, 11.2, 8.1

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.

  • Section 8.3 forbids imposing a user ceiling, a regional exclusion, or an output-training restriction downstream where this licence imposes none. That prohibition is the point of the instrument.

Same actor

Other situations for this party.