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Openflow license details throws 404 #177

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jeremiah opened this issue Mar 24, 2023 · 2 comments
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Openflow license details throws 404 #177

jeremiah opened this issue Mar 24, 2023 · 2 comments

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@jeremiah
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Looking for more details for the "openflow" license I followed the URI in the docs http://www.openflowswitch.org/wp/legal/ This gives me a 404 error.

@jafingerhut
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The web site http://www.openflowswitch.org clearly seems to have changed ownership since that link last pointed at the intended document.

This page has some versions of the OpenFlow specification, but I'm not sure if there is a new home web site for whatever openflowswitch.org used to host: https://opennetworking.org/sdn-resources/openflow-switch-specification/

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This historical link recorded in the Wayback Machine appears to be a copy of what was there:

Below is a copy and paste from that page's text. It appears to have some similarity to the contents of the LICENSE.OFTest file in this repository, but not identical:

OpenFlow Legal Information
The OpenFlow Switch Consortium publishes a specification of the OpenFlow Switch and the OpenFlow Protocol – it essentially provides a means for a flow table inside a switch to be controlled remotely. While the specification doesn’t describe the controller, it is expected to be an open development environment, such as a PC running Linux. The OpenFlow Switch specification is available under a BSD-like license, and will be free for implementation by anyone. Switch vendors who implement the base requirements of the OpenFlow Switch Specification Version 1.0 will be free to describe their switch as “Conforming to the OpenFlow Switch Specification (Version 1.0)”, so long as the switch supports the OpenFlow Protocol. Switch vendors will be free to implement additional features over and above those specified by the Consortium, and may wish to limit use of OpenFlow to “educational and government use only”. OpenFlow is a trademark of Stanford University, and with the written permission of Stanford, may be used to describe switches that conform to the OpenFlow Protocol.

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Copyright (c) 2008 The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University

We are making the OpenFlow specification and associated documentation (Software) available for public use and benefit with the expectation that others will use, modify and enhance the Software and contribute those enhancements back to the community. However, since we would like to make the Software available for broadest use, with as few restrictions as possible permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this Software to deal in the Software under the copyrights without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

The name and trademarks of copyright holder(s) may NOT be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to the Software or any derivatives without specific, written prior permission.

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