Hello,<br><br>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. <br>I understand that this license <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#CC0" target="_blank">has been considered</a> GPL compatible by the FSF with this <a href="http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0_FAQ#May_I_apply_CC0_to_computer_software.3F_If_so.2C_is_there_a_recommended_implementation.3F" target="_blank">recommended format</a>.<br>
<br>Submission type: Approval<br>License Name: Creative Commons Zero, CC0<br>Category: Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong
communities<br>The <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt" target="_blank">legal code as plain text</a>.<br clear="all"><br>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 <a href="http://datadryad.org/depositing#whycc0" target="_blank">Dryad</a>. <br>
<br>I feel it is important that this license achieve recognition by the
Open Source initiative, as certain scientific journals & conferences
permit only <span class="il">OSI</span> recognized licenses, (e.g. PLoS Computational Biology <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/static/guidelines.action" target="_blank">requirements</a> or Bioinformatics open source conference <a href="http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2012" target="_blank">requirements</a>). <br clear="all">
<br>Carl<br>-- <br>Carl Boettiger<br>UC Davis<br><a href="http://www.carlboettiger.info/" target="_blank">http://www.carlboettiger.info/</a><br><br>