[License-review] For Approval: License Zero Reciprocal Public License

Kyle Mitchell kyle at kemitchell.com
Sat Sep 23 00:09:11 UTC 2017


Following up on submission, after a week's time.

Thanks to feedback from a number of friends and
colleagues, the license text has evolved somewhat.
All substantive changes since my original message
to license-review are in condition 3:

License Zero Reciprocal Public License <Version>

Copyright <Name>
          <Jurisdiction> (ISO 3166-2)

          Ed25519: <Public Key>

Source code is available at:
<Repository>

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:

1.  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
    and source availability notices, this list of conditions and the
    following disclaimer.

2.  Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
    and source availability notices, this list of conditions and the
    following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
    provided with the distribution.

3.  Uses in the execution or development of any computer program, the
    entire source code of which is not published and publicly licensed
    under licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative, must be
    limited to a period of <Grace Period> consecutive calendar days. This
    condition is waived if licenses permitting those uses cease to be
    available via the following agent, or a successor named in a
    subsequent release, for <Waiver Period> consecutive calendar days:

        <Agent Information>

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

-- 
Kyle Mitchell, attorney // Oakland // (510) 712 - 0933



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