<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I find it quite unbelievable that a
clear and unequivocal statement that an original copyrighted work is dedicated
to the public would not serve to provide the necessary rights to anyone
choosing to use the work in an OSS project, regardless of the OSS license
used by that project. That being said, like all software, a recipient
of the work would want to do some due diligence to understand that the
author actually wrote the work from scratch without reliance on another
work that may itself be copyrighted by another. In other words, I
would think that the public domain is an acceptable manner of putting your
work out there for others to copy, modify and distribute. You may
want to include a statement about the pedigree of the code to allay concerns
as described above.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Of course, you should engage with your
own attorney if you want to be sure of your rights... :)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Good luck!</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
David M. Shofi<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Hi,<br>
<br>
Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I've not found any searchable archive of this<br>
list.<br>
<br>
I need a very permissive license, Public Domain is a option but I've found<br>
that it is OSI incompatible. <br>
( http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Licensing_and_Law/public-domain.html )<br>
<br>
Is there any such license already available ?<br>
<br>
Zlib is nice. But the <br>
"If you use this software<br>
in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation
would be<br>
appreciated but is not required."<br>
sentence is too much. <br>
I don't want any acknowledgement on which I don't have any control.<br>
And the Zlib disclaimer looks very short compared to the MIT/BSD.<br>
<br>
I don't like the BSD because you must put a copy of the license in the<br>
documentation or in a README.txt file.<br>
I don't like the MIT because the license must be included in the binaries.<br>
<br>
I've just seen a message talking about a simplified BSD license, but I
can't<br>
find it on the archive. (there is nothing after march 2007 <br>
http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?ddp:0:0#b )<br>
Does this simplified BSD license fits to my needs ?<br>
<br>
I wrote my own license, which is a mix between MIT/BSD/ISC licenses with<br>
zero condition.<br>
Here it is :<br>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Copyright (c) <year> <copyright
holders> <br>
<br>
Permission to use, copy, modify, sublicense, and/or distribute this<br>
work for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.<br>
<br>
THE WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS<br>
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF<br>
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
<br>
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,<br>
INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING<br>
FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,<br>
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION<br>
WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WORK.<br>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br>
But it looks like the approval process will cost me a lot of money.<br>
I need to find a English speaking lawyer in my country to create the legal<br>
analysis...<br>
<br>
So if there is an other license, which is currently in the approval process,<br>
and which is compatible with my needs, I will use it.<br>
<br>
<br>
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