Near Public Domain license

Jean-Marc Lienher jml at whoow.org
Thu Jul 26 13:11:46 UTC 2007


Hi,

Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I've not found any searchable archive of this
list.

I need a very permissive license, Public Domain is a option but I've found
that it is OSI incompatible. 
( http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Licensing_and_Law/public-domain.html )

Is there any such license already available ?

Zlib is nice. But the 
    "If you use this software
     in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
     appreciated but is not required."
sentence is too much. 
I don't want any acknowledgement on which I don't have any control.
And the Zlib disclaimer looks very short compared to the MIT/BSD.

I don't like the BSD because you must put a copy of the license in the
documentation or in a README.txt file.
I don't like the MIT because the license must be included in the binaries.

I've just seen a message talking about a simplified BSD license, but I can't
find it on the archive. (there is nothing after march 2007 
http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?ddp:0:0#b )
Does this simplified BSD license fits to my needs ?

I wrote my own license, which is a mix between MIT/BSD/ISC licenses with
zero condition.
Here it is :
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
             Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders> 

  Permission to use, copy, modify, sublicense, and/or distribute this
  work for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.

  THE WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
  OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 
  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
  INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING
  FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
  NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
  WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WORK.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

But it looks like the approval process will cost me a lot of money.
I need to find a English speaking lawyer in my country to create the legal
analysis...

So if there is an other license, which is currently in the approval process,
and which is compatible with my needs, I will use it.





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