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WalkthroughThe license file was fully rewritten, replacing a brief summary and link to the CC BY-NC 4.0 license with a detailed, formal agreement. The new license grants OpenFront LLC exclusive commercial rights and provides clear definitions, attribution rules, restrictions, and legal terms. Changes
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25-30: Restriction 5(c) can clash with open-source tooling
Many build pipelines, minifiers, or image optimisers strip metadata by default. Absolute prohibition on “remove, obscure, or modify any … notice” could unintentionally put compliant engineers in breach. You could instead require “reasonable efforts” to preserve notices in user-visible contexts.
37-41: Governing-law clause may deter international contributors
Hard-coding California law might make EU or APAC adopters hesitant. A neutral clause (e.g. “Governing law: Licensor’s principal place of business unless otherwise required by local law”) can broaden appeal while still protecting the Licensor.
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PR: openfrontio/OpenFrontIO#1007
File: resources/lang/de.json:115-115
Timestamp: 2025-06-02T14:27:37.609Z
Learning: For OpenFrontIO project: When localization keys are renamed in language JSON files, the maintainers separate technical changes from translation content updates. They wait for community translators to update the actual translation values rather than attempting to translate in the same PR. This allows technical changes to proceed while ensuring accurate translations from native speakers.
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1-4: “Creative Commons” branding may be mis-used here
Calling this a “Creative Commons Non-Commercial License Agreement” while materially altering the standard CC-BY-NC 4.0 terms (e.g. adding revocability and an exclusive commercial carve-out) risks infringing Creative Commons’ trademark guidelines and confusing downstream users about their rights. Consider either:
- Distributing the assets under the unmodified CC-BY-NC 4.0 and granting OpenFront LLC a separate private licence, or
- Dropping the “Creative Commons” name entirely and treating this as a bespoke licence.
Please have legal counsel confirm the wording aligns with CC policy and trademark usage.
17-19: “Exclusive” commercial right may block future partnerships
Granting OpenFront LLC an exclusive worldwide commercial right prevents the Licensor from later authorising any other entity (even subsidiaries) unless wording like “exclusive to the extent not already granted” is added. Double-check that exclusivity, rather than simply “non-exclusive with priority”, is truly intended.
| 2. License Grant (Non-Commercial Use) | ||
| Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, revocable license to use, copy, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and create derivative works of the Licensed Work solely for Non-Commercial purposes, provided that proper attribution is given as required under Section 4. | ||
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🛠️ Refactor suggestion
“Revocable” contradicts the CC philosophy and weakens user certainty
A core appeal of CC licences is their irrevocability (except on breach). Making the grant “revocable” introduces legal risk for legitimate non-commercial users and may discourage adoption. If revocation is required, spell out objective conditions and notice periods. Otherwise consider removing the word.
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In resources/non-commercial/LICENSE around lines 14 to 16, the license grant is
described as "revocable," which contradicts the Creative Commons philosophy of
irrevocable licenses and may reduce user certainty. To fix this, remove the word
"revocable" from the license grant clause to align with standard CC license
terms, or alternatively, if revocation is necessary, explicitly define clear,
objective conditions and notice periods for revocation within the license text.
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Update nc cc with commercial exemption for OpenFront LLC to be more clear.
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