https://github.com/casey/pd0
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/casey/pd0
- Owner: casey
- Created: 2022-11-08T02:46:13.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-11-08T03:32:38.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-25T14:40:34.698Z (8 months ago)
- Size: 4.88 KB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# PD0
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice.
The Fedora project has recently changed the classification of the CC0 license
to `allowed-content` only, and will not accept CC0-licensed software going
forward.
This is due to paragraph 4(a) of the CC0:
> No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived, abandoned,
> surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document.
Such a clause may strengthen the case of a party that releases software under
the CC0 that infringes a software patent that they hold, and attempts to sue
those who use the software they release for patent infringement.
Software patents are deeply harmful to free and open-source software, and such
a clause makes the CC0 less suitable for use with software.
In the interest of preserving the value of the CC0, I propose a minimally
modified version with the following changes:
- Rename the license to `PD0` to avoid confusion
- Remove all references to Creative Commons, since it is no longer a Creative
Commons license
- Remove paragraph 4(a)
The modified license is in [PD0](PD0). Each change of the above changes been
made in a separate commit to this repository for ease of auditing.