[License-review] veto against Unlicence

[Pamela Chestek]

On 5/15/2020 9:27 AM, Simon Phipps wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 1:34 PM Langley, Stuart
> <Stuart.Langley at disney.com <mailto:Stuart.Langley at disney.com>> wrote:
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>      
>     The issue this creates is that the author can’t make a valid
>     transfer to the public domain.  Transfers are not allowed.  The
>     author’s completely clear and unambiguous intent to transfer does
>     not change that. The only option is to license sufficient rights. 
>     Without a license, even if the author does not assert copyright,
>     their heirs might.
>
>
> OSI has previously advised that "public domain" does not qualify as
> open source because exactly this sort of issue, varying in scope and
> consequence globally, prevents developers from being sure they have
> the necessary rights without consulting another person first.
> See https://opensource.org/node/878
The difference with the Unlicense is that it /also/ clearly states what
rights are granted. Does that not resolve any concern with the Unlicense?

Pam


Pamela S. Chestek
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