Permissive Public License: proposed new open-source license

[John Cowan]

The purpose of the Permissive Public License is to achieve
the effect that people think they have achieved by attempting to
put their works into the public domain.  Given that they cannot directly
do that, the PPL grants all rights to everybody and disclaims
all warranties.

I would like it to be considered as a new OSI Certified
Open Source license.  It is derived from the MIT license.


The Permissive Public License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this work and any works associated with it (the "Works"), to
deal in the Works without restriction, including without limitation the
rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, publicly display, publicly
perform (whether by way of digital audio transmission or otherwise),
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Works, and to
permit persons to whom the Works are furnished to do the same.

THE WORKS ARE 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 WORKS.

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There is / one art             || John Cowan <jcowan at reutershealth.com>
no more / no less              || http://www.reutershealth.com
to do / all things             || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
with art- / lessness           \\ -- Piet Hein