[License-discuss] Short permissive no attribution required open source license

[Kevin Fleming]

The zlib license is OSI-approved and does not require attribution:

http://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Sagar <sagar.writeme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a short permissive OSI approved license that doesn't require
> attribution?
>
> The popular permissive open source licenses like MIT and BSD require
> attribution. It would be good to have a license where that is not required.
> There are many of us who are happy with attribution but don't want to
> legally enforce it. Here is an example of a popular library using public
> domain dedication with a fallback license:
>
> https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/stb_vorbis.c
>
> I propose a public domain dedication with a BSD-style fallback without the
> attribution requirement:
>
> "This software is in the public domain. Where that dedication is not
> recognized, redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with
> or without modification, are permitted. No warranty for any purpose
> is expressed or implied."
>
> Is the public domain dedication redundant? Will it suffice to just say
> "redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> modification, are permitted" ?
>
> Thanks,
> Sagar
>
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