[License-discuss] Any Free License, an open source license

Mike Milinkovich mike.milinkovich at eclipse.org
Sat Nov 14 02:08:15 UTC 2015


On 09/11/2015 9:17 PM, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> Feeling reminiscent of the good old days, when the threads of identi.ca
> flowed freely with obscure licensing periphery, I have decided to try
> my hand at crafting where so many have dared to try (and fail) in
> penning an Open Source license worthy of the OSI license list.
>
> I decided to author the most open license of all time, for those who
> just can't decide over license minutiae.  Here it is.  Simply copy this
> into your programming headers and you are on the path to maximal
> freedom.

I have a sort of meta-problem with this idea. The OSI approves licenses. 
IANAL, but to me this is not a license. It does not by itself grant any 
rights. Therefore I wonder if it is even valid for consideration?

-- 
Mike Milinkovich
mike.milinkovich at eclipse.org





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