[License-discuss] [Osi] [General enquiries] Dual License for CC0

[Richard Fontana]

On Thu, 3 Apr 2014 08:22:52 +0100
Simon Phipps <simon at webmink.com> wrote:

> On 3 Apr 2014 00:59, "John Cowan" <cowan at mercury.ccil.org> wrote:
> >
> > Wilson, Andrew scripsit:
> >
> > > Interesting point, though.  I'd speculate that if the embedded
> > > "public license fallback" inside CC0 is ever sent to OSI as a
> > > stand-alone license, it would be approved.  It is mighty similar
> > > in effect to MIT/BSD/Apache, with the distinctive feature that it
> > > explicitly disclaims patent licensing, is clearly copyright-only,
> > > and therefore non-duplicative.
> >
> > I thought that was precisely why we rejected it.
> >
> 
> As I recall it was withdrawn by CC before we were forced to consider
> whether its explicit removal of any implied patent protection was in
> fact a breach of the OSD.
 
Yes, it was voluntarily withdrawn from consideration by Creative
Commons:
http://projects.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review/2012-February/000231.html

- R