[License-discuss] Request for Feedback on the Lone Dynamics Open License

[Philip Lalone]

Hello,

This license is a variation of the BSD 1-clause and MIT licenses, adapted
to also include open-source projects that may be distributed as physical
objects, such as PCB designs, 3D models, books, etc.

The license is shorter, more permissive, but more ambiguous than "CERN Open
Hardware Licence Version 2 – Permissive".

It includes no patent retaliation clause, or trademark usage restrictions.

The primary purpose of this license, beyond disclaiming liability, is to
prevent someone from simply copying an existing project repo and claiming
that they created it.

Whether or not this particular license is ultimately submitted for review
and approved, I think it may be useful to have a short and simple
permissive hardware license approved by OSI, assuming that one doesn't
already exist.

An example of the license in use:

Copyright (c) 2021 Lone Dynamics Corporation. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source, binary or physical forms, with or without
modification, is permitted provided that the following condition is met:

  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

THIS HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, DATA AND/OR DOCUMENTATION ("THE ASSETS") 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
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSETS OR THE USE OR OTHER
DEALINGS IN THE ASSETS. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Thank you for your time,
Philip Lalone
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