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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I think that we have more than enough licenses with these characteristics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-bounces@opensource.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael R. Bernstein<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 21, 2015 9:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> license-discuss@opensource.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [License-discuss] Short permissive no attribution required open source license<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I doubt it. The BSD license text itself stamped into each file would seem to fulfil the attribution requirement. If you are concerned about this for some reason, you can simply make that explicit in the LICENSE file.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IANAL, TINLA, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Michael Bernstein<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Sagar <<a href="mailto:sagar.writeme@gmail.com" target="_blank">sagar.writeme@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you think the community will be interested in a shorter license?
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Something that can be stamped on to each source file. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Kevin Fleming <<a href="mailto:kevin+osi@kpfleming.us" target="_blank">kevin+osi@kpfleming.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The zlib license is OSI-approved and does not require attribution:<br>
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<a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib" target="_blank">http://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Sagar <<a href="mailto:sagar.writeme@gmail.com" target="_blank">sagar.writeme@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Is there a short permissive OSI approved license that doesn't require attribution?
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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: <br>
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<a href="https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/stb_vorbis.c" target="_blank">https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/stb_vorbis.c</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I propose a public domain dedication with a BSD-style fallback without the attribution requirement:<o:p></o:p></p>
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"This software is in the public domain. Where that dedication is not<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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" ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sagar<o:p></o:p></p>
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