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I do not think this license can be approved because of the optional
language. Anything at all could be added here, such as "I would love
for you to use it, but you cannot use it for profit!" The <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process">submission
guidelines</a> say that a license cannot have ambiguous terms that
have a material effect on the license and that every possible
variation of the license must meet the OSD. These aren't true where
there is a possibility that more terms could be added to the
license.<br>
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Pam<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
4641 Post St.<br>
Unit 4316<br>
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762<br>
+1 919-800-8033<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pamela@chesteklegal.com">pamela@chesteklegal.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.chesteklegal.com">www.chesteklegal.com</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/10/2026 5:14 AM, PTFS wrote:<br>
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<b style="font-family:"Google
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charge, to any person obtaining a copy<br>
of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal<br>
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limitation the rights<br>
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0px 12px;font-weight:600"><span
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color="#000000">CREATOR NOTE:<br>
[Add your note here. For example: "I built this for the
community\u2014please mod it<br>
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color="#000000">THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR<br>
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY,<br>
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
NO EVENT SHALL THE<br>
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
DAMAGES OR OTHER<br>
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,<br>
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color="#000000">Rationale<br>
The IDCIYMI license fills a unique social gap by
standardizing a "Creator Note" field within a permissive
legal framework. While legally similar to MIT, it
provides a dedicated space for authors to express their
intent and encouragement for modifications without
introducing legally binding restrictions that would
violate the OSD. This fosters a culture of remixing and
open collaboration.</font></span></li>
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Definition (OSD) Affirmation<br>
I affirmatively state that this license complies with
the Open Source Definition. Specifically:</span><span
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color="#000000">OSD 3 (Derived Works): It explicitly
permits modifications and sublicensing.</font></span></li>
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style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font
color="#000000">OSD 5 & 6 (No Discrimination): The
license and its "Creator Note" are structured to ensure
no groups or fields of endeavor are restricted.</font></span></li>
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style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font
color="#000000"><span class="gmail-T286Pc"
style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">OSD 9 (License Must
Not Restrict Other Software): It does not restrict
other software distributed with it.</span><span
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color="#000000">Stewardship<br>
I, Bernardo Hora, am the steward of this license.</font></span></li>
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style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font
color="#000000">Existing Usage<br>
Since I do not use GitHub, the license and the software
using it can be found at the following public locations:</font></span></li>
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<font face="Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:16px">site : </span></font><a
href="https://idciymi.neocities.org/" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://idciymi.neocities.org/</a> (the
site is in wip)</div>
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