[License-review] Request for approval of the Non-Coercive Copyleft Licence (NCCL) 1.0

[Josh Berkus]

On 08/13/2015 09:47 PM, Tim Makarios wrote:
> Actually, this is probably a good time to point out that I'm not doing
> this in order to take credit for having written the licence; I just want
> to *use* a licence that is copyleft but otherwise minimally coercive
> (and preferably maximally short and clear).  So if anyone else
> understands my intention and is able and willing to write a licence that
> robustly implements that intention, please do.

I don't actually believe that what you want is possible.  For a license
to be copyleft (no user rights can be taken away), it must be "coercive"
by your definition of the word.

--Josh Berkus