From: Michael Gernoth Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 08:04:37 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Add MicropolisPublicNameLicense and update readme X-Git-Url: http://cvs.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/micropolis/commitdiff_plain/6c60573aea399c4a37ff3560fff3a59e5ed4ee37 Add MicropolisPublicNameLicense and update readme --- diff --git a/MicropolisPublicNameLicense.md b/MicropolisPublicNameLicense.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1153dcf --- /dev/null +++ b/MicropolisPublicNameLicense.md @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +"MICROPOLIS" PUBLIC NAME LICENSE + +Version 1, October 1st, 2024. Copyright (C) 2024 Micropolis GmbH. + +The name/term "MICROPOLIS" is a registered trademark owned by and +exclusively licensed to Micropolis GmbH (Micropolis Corporation, the +"licensor"). It is here (upstream) licensed to the authors/publishers of +the "Micropolis" city simulation game and its source code (the project or +"licensee(s)"). + +Your use of the GPL'ed source code under the name "MICROPOLIS" makes you a +subsequent (downstream) licensee of the trademarked term "Micropolis" and +binds you to the same terms as the original upstream authors/publishers +of the project. These terms are: + +1. Give proper attribution. Copying, forking and or using the source code +of the city simulation game under the name "Micropolis" requires you to +include a trademark attribution on the main source code "welcome" page or +on an obverse title page and in "credits" or wherever you acknowledge +other trademarks and copyrights. This attribution requirement also +applies when you use the original name in variation, with suffixes, +prefixes or addenda (e.g., "MicropolisX", "Ymicropolis" or "Micropolis +Z"). Attribution is also required when the trademark is used in works +where the Micropolis project is covered, for example in blogs, online +texts, scientific works etc. + +A preferred attribution would be: "Micropolis is a registered trademark +of Micropolis Corporation (Micropolis GmbH) and is licensed here as a +courtesy of the owner." +Where possible, activate this attribution with a link to micropolis.com. + +Appropriately propagating the source code of the game requires the +licensee to keep intact all notices stating that this agreement is in +effect and give all recipients a copy of this license along with the code. + +2. Acknowledge that the name "MICROPOLIS" is a commercial registered +trademark. While the use of the bare source code is governed by GPL, +the name of the open source project is a trademark owned by a single +company within the community and the owner grants a revocable license +for the name "MICROPOLIS" to you, the user, for non-commercial use in +relation with the source code and game. + +This fact doesn't restrict software freedom or what you can do with +the open source code. It only limits the use of the brand identifier. +This is in order to enable co-existence under this name, separating the +commercial realm from a free and open source city building game community +and its activities. + +3. Do not use the name "MICROPOLIS" in a way that creates confusion +among consumers. Use of the name must remain closely related to the +source code of the game. Its use must not disparage the licensor in +its projects, e.g. through untruthful advertising, false or misleading +promotional materials, etc. Do not use "MICROPOLIS" more prominently +than your own company, product or service name. Do not use "MICROPOLIS" +on posters, brochures, signs, websites, or other marketing materials to +promote your events, products or services without written permission from +the licensor. Do not refer to a product or service as being certified by, +associated with or claim endorsement of, for or by the licensor. Do not +attempt to claim or assert any ownership rights in the mark "MICROPOLIS" +and do not attempt to register the term as a trademark, trade name, +domain name, or "doing business as" name, alone or in combination with +your own trademarks or addenda. + +Apart from giving credit via the courtesy string wherever possible, the +licensee agrees that use of the mark "MICROPOLIS" is done in a way that +helps to mitigate confusion among consumers between the city simulator +game and the licensor's products. + +4. Usage in publishing. Do not use the term "MICROPOLIS" on the cover +of a book or magazine without written permission from the licensor. You +may not use the term "MICROPOLIS" in your own domain names, subdomains +or as prominent account name on Internet platforms. This requirement +also applies when you use the original name in variation, with suffixes, +prefixes or addenda (e.g., "MicropolisX", "Ymicropolis" or "Micropolis +Z"). You acknowledge that the use of the project's trademarked term +"MICROPOLIS" in such a way is generally not "nominative fair use." + +5. Trademark dilution bailout. In order to assess a possible future +trademark dilution, the licensee agrees to cease use of the trademark in +case the open source game project contributes, according to the opinion +in public proceedings or in court, to a loss in distinctiveness of the +licensor's mark. + +6. Dispute resolution and jurisdiction. Court of jurisdiction is the +Netherlands. Dispute resolution is favored to be handled through the +European Union's dispute resolution board. + +Notwithstanding the immediate effect of this licensing document, a grace +period of 90 days from the date of issuance is granted to all prior +users of the "MICROPOLIS" trademark to achieve compliance with the terms +and conditions herein. + +For more details, to request approvals or for explicit permissions, +please contact the licensor. + +Amsterdam on October 1st, 2024. diff --git a/README b/README index ba9736f..2a4a855 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ by Don Hopkins (dhopkins@DonHopkins.com, http://www.DonHopkins.com), developed for DUX Software under license from Maxis. Ported to OLPC Fedora Linux by Don Hopkins. +Micropolis is a registered trademark of Micropolis Corporation +(Micropolis GmbH) and is licensed here as a courtesy of the owner. + ======================================================================== This README file contains several copyright notices. Keep reading.