<html><body><div><br></div><div><br>On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:43 AM, "Smith, McCoy" <mccoy.smith@intel.com> wrote:<br><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">CC0 gives a complete (to the extent permissible by law) waiver of copyright rights, as well as a disclaimer of liability for the "Work" (which is that which copyright has been waived). I believe that to be an effective waiver of liability, despite the fact that there is not copyright rights being conveyed. Does anyone believe that that waiver is ineffective?</span></div></div></blockquote></div><div><span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span>Gee, if only legal-review had approved CC0 as an open source license, it would be a potential option. ;)<br></span></div><div><span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span>As it stands, the board's public position to not recommend using CC0 on software [1] due to its patent clause makes it problematic.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span>Cheers!<br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span>Sean<br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span>[1] https://opensource.org/faq#cc-zero<br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><div><span> </span><br></div></div></body></html>