[License-review] OSI recognition for Creative Commons Zero License?

[Carl Boettiger]

Hello,

I would like to submit the Creative Commons zero license for
consideration.  I am new to this list, forgive me if it has already been
considered.
I understand that this license has been
considered<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#CC0>GPL
compatible by the FSF with this recommended
format<http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0_FAQ#May_I_apply_CC0_to_computer_software.3F_If_so.2C_is_there_a_recommended_implementation.3F>
.

Submission type: Approval
License Name: Creative Commons Zero, CC0
Category: Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong
communities
The legal code as plain
text<http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt>
.

The scientific community is increasingly embracing this option as the most
open and compatible license.  It is required by scientific data
repositories (that also archive scientific software, with cite-able DOIs)
such as Dryad <http://datadryad.org/depositing#whycc0>.

I feel it is important that this license achieve recognition by the Open
Source initiative, as certain scientific journals & conferences permit only
OSI recognized licenses, (e.g. PLoS Computational Biology
requirements<http://www.ploscompbiol.org/static/guidelines.action>or
Bioinformatics open source conference
requirements <http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2012>).

Carl
-- 
Carl Boettiger
UC Davis
http://www.carlboettiger.info/
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