[License-review] New License for Consideration - Public Benefit Zero Copyright License v. 2.0

[Pamela Chestek]

Thanks for letting us know.

Pam

Pamela S. Chestek
Chair, Licensing Committee
Open Source Initiative

On 1/22/2025 10:15 AM, Wayne Thornton wrote:
> Good afternoon all,
>
> I was reviewing my submissions and realized I never officially rescinded my submission for the Public Benefit Zero Copyright License v. 2.0 for consideration. I had intended to, and got busy with other tasks. Please consider this my official recission.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Berkus <josh at berkus.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2024 1:50 PM
> To: License submissions for OSI review <license-review at lists.opensource.org>; Wayne Thornton <wmthornton-dev at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [License-review] New License for Consideration - Public Benefit Zero Copyright License v. 2.0
>
> On 12/18/24 12:03, Wayne Thornton wrote:
>> I realize my last email may have come off as glib or argumentative,
>> and for that I apologize. My intention in that statement was to simply
>> say that I believe there is no reason a new type of license or
>> paradigm cannot be created. The first step is the creation itself, then adoption.
> Leaving aside the legal impossibility of what you want*, License-Review is not a place to "develop new paradigms", it's a place to review & approve nearly-ready license drafts.
>
> If you wanna hash out what kinds of things could be theoretically put in a public domain "license", that's better placed in license-discuss.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
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