Although not directly related, I started porting licenses to a machine readable format in git repo at https://github.com/OpenSourceOrg/licenses
Eventually I'd like to even tag "releases", which makes stuff like pointing to licenses approved at X date more interesting. (Patches, bugs, ideas welcome) Paul On Nov 13, 2015 3:31 PM, "Christopher Allan Webber" <cweb...@dustycloud.org> 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. > > # <PROGRAM NAME> -- (C) <YEAR> <AUTHOR NAME> > # Released under the "Any Free License 2015-11-05", whose terms > # are the following: > # This code is released under any of the free software licenses listed > on > # https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html > # which for archival purposes is > # > https://web.archive.org/web/20151105070140/http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html > > You may notice that this license has a convenient upgrade procedure. > I suggest rolling releases of the license over time, updating to the > latest link available from: > > > https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html > > If the OSI is not comfortable trusting the FSF license list at a > particular date, one possible procedure in the rolling release system is > that periodically, the OSI can review the FSF list, and make new > releases based on verified and approved copies of the FSF license list. > > I would like to submit this license for consideration and inclusion on > the OSI license review list, but am seeking feedback first. At current > writing, approximately zero users include this text in their > headers--however, at best estimation, this license has thousands if not > tens or hundreds of thousands of users, and I believe that its mechanism > provides novel benefits, and formalizing it as an acceptable choice for > those who wish to promulgate Open Source principles will improve the > currently unclear situation. Where others promise some freedoms, Any > Free License delivers all possible freedoms, to the maximum extent > permitted by law or currently recognized free licensing procedures. > > Any and all commentary to be derived from this email is left as an > exercise to the reader. But I assure you, this is Not A Troll. > > - Christopher Allan Webber > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@opensource.org > https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss >
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