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<p class="MsoNormal">CC0 is accepted as open source by the federal government in the Federal Source Code Policy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.com/GSA/code-gov-web/blob/master/LICENSE.md">https://github.com/GSA/code-gov-web/blob/master/LICENSE.md</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">License-discuss <license-discuss-bounces@opensource.org> on behalf of Christopher Sean Morrison <brlcad@mac.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>License Discuss <license-discuss@opensource.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 1:33 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>License Discuss <license-discuss@opensource.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Nov 7, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Shahar Or <<a href="mailto:mightyiampresence@gmail.com">mightyiampresence@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">I have been asked to change the license of an open source project of mine to CC0. I'm reluctant to do so, as it is not OSI approved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">That’s a reasonable concern, imho. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://github.com/mightyiam/shields-badge-data/issues/28" target="_blank">https://github.com/mightyiam/shields-badge-data/issues/28</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Is there good reason for this request, at all?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">There’s no technical reason. Not permitting incorporation of permissively licensed code (eg MIT) predominantly means throwing away attribution.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">If your code used a license that applied to combined works (eg GPL), there’d be an issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">When I conveyed my reluctance it was suggested that I dual-license.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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With CC0, I would suggest striking the patent provision or incorporating a patent grant from contributors in some manner. Dual licensing with a permissive is an option too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Sean<o:p></o:p></p>
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