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https://github.com/chewkeanho/license-liberal
The published commercial, public friendly, always updated, and maximum freedom of sharing source-liberty product license.
https://github.com/chewkeanho/license-liberal
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The published commercial, public friendly, always updated, and maximum freedom of sharing source-liberty product license.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/chewkeanho/license-liberal
- Owner: ChewKeanHo
- License: other
- Created: 2024-09-17T03:05:02.000Z (4 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-11-01T23:30:59.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-02T00:20:12.367Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: liberal, license, public
- Language: Rich Text Format
- Homepage: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13770769
- Size: 529 KB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Citation: CITATION.cff
- Security: SECURITY.md
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README
# (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's Liberal License
> **IMPORTANT NOTICE**
>
> This license was drafted by a software developer based on his past experiences
> across software, service, and agriculture industries.
>
> Like all legal documents,
> **YOU MUST ALWAYS ENGAGE A LAWYER TO VALIDATE ITS FEASIBILITY**.
>
> **NEVER ASSUME WHEN DEALING WITH LEGAL TRANSACTIONS**.
A published baseline liberal license targeting publicly obtainable,
commercial, and proprietor source-liberty product licensing needs. This license
adopted from [Open Source Initiative's Apache 2.0 License](https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0)
software license and [Creative Common Licenses](https://creativecommons.org/)
product license as its baseline and applied the following changes matching the
current timeline:
1. Changed `Software` to `Product` so that the license can be expanded to
non-software product licensing uses (e.g. graphics, video, manufacturing
design, audio, etc) without needing to spin multiple outbound licenses; AND
2. Added license assignment, ratification, and tenure section to specify when
and how is the license applied; AND
3. Added license termination section to specify when the license is matured; AND
4. Added version controlled clause for continuous improvement; AND
5. Added sensitive data management and security coverage; AND
6. Structured known Rights to Use sections for easier parsing and referencing
(based on `Creative Common Licenses`); AND
7. Added non-contact `Rights to Use` clauses (example: as dataset for training
AI); AND
8. Added force manjure limitation of liabilities; AND
9. Added minimal agreed judiciary damage; AND
10. Added geographical indicator coverage; AND
11. Added designation indicator coverage; AND
12. Added protected geographical indicator coverage; AND
13. Added protected designation indicator coverage; AND
14. Added integrated circuit layout design use coverage; AND
15. Added industrial design use coverage; AND
16. Added trade secret use coverage; AND
17. Added trademark use coverage; AND
18. Applied [plainlanguage.gov](https://plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/)
specifications; AND
19. Re-written from scratch by human with the only input provision assistance
from [Claude AI](https://claude.ai/); AND
20. Addressed the modified and derived Products' renaming grey area issue; AND
21. Added statutory time limit for any legal claim; AND
22. Added QR code notice type for space constrained product display.
This repository was formerly known as the following but was renamed for
consistency purposes:
1. `(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's Public Domain License`
2. `(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's BSD Zero Clause License`
## Business Reasons
This project was initiated for 4 reasons:
1. As of year 2024, there were too many license related incidents due its
outdated nature leading to legal exploits; AND
2. Most non-commercial licenses are out-of-date and does not implement
automatic update to the license clauses aside from point-releasing; AND
3. Most licenses are not clear about guidelines and a lot of the licenses
are too vague in its obligation coverage; AND
4. There is a need for a far more liberal license meant for common critical
products (example: software kernel libraries) that are compatible with
other licenses similar to `0BSD` and `CC0`.
## Version Controlled
This license is version controlled using
[semantic versioning](https://semver.org/) definitions where:
1. the `MAJOR` version denotes major legal changes; AND
2. the `MINOR` version denotes minor changes without altering the legal
implication side of things such as but not limited to grammar correction,
fonts, typo, and etc; AND
3. the `PATCH` version denotes the repository management changes such as but
not limited to new language addition, updating `README.md`, and etc.
By default, the license is always using the latest and greatest. If you want
a specific version, download that license file and include it into your
product repository.
## License Nature
To comply with [PlainLanguage.gov](https://plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/),
You have to read the license files directly. It must be easily readable for
any general public audience without assistance.
If you cannot parse or understand any part of the license, that means the
license has not fully achieve the guideline yet. In that case, please file a
[query issue](https://github.com/ChewKeanHo/license-liberal/issues).
## Credits
These are the official stewards of the license:
1. **[(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho](https://hollowaykeanho.com)** - principal author
and reviewer.
These are the folks who indirectly improve this license upto a considerable
quality either by resources sharing or scanning:
1. **[Bruce Payne](https://perens.com/)** - for relentlessly providing license
drafting guidances and emotional positivity.
2. **[Anthropic's Claude AI](https://claude.ai/)** - for providing a lot of
great inputs for me to fine-tune clauses and clues for hunting for actual
legal resources.
3. **Chua, Yee Soong** - for guiding over Malaysia's legal acumen and resources.
## Researches
* [Limitations Act of Malaysia](https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/LOM/EN/ACT%20254-Online%20version%20as%20at%201%20Sept%202019.pdf)
* [United States' PlainLanguage.GOV](https://plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/)
* [MYIPO](https://www.myipo.gov.my/en/home/)
* [USPTO](https://www.uspto.gov/)
* [EUIPO](https://www.euipo.europa.eu/en)
* [CNIPA](https://english.cnipa.gov.cn/col/col2977/index.html)
* [BSD Zero Clause License](https://opensource.org/license/0bsd)
* [MIT License](https://opensource.org/license/MIT)
* [BSD 3 Clauses Clear License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause-Clear.html)
* [BSD 2 Clauses + Patent License](https://opensource.org/license/bsdpluspatent)
* [Open Source Initiative's Apache 2.0 License](https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0)
* [Creative Common Licenses](https://creativecommons.org/)
## Publication License
This workspace and repository is published under
[Creative Common CC-BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode.en).
## Reference & Download Source
The latest license files shall be referenced and be downloadable from:
```
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13770769
```
## License Notice
The following are the license notice within the supported languages:
### English
```
Copyright [YEAR] [FULL_LEGAL_NAME] [CONTACT_LIKE_EMAIL_ADDRESS]
Licensed under (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho’s Liberal License (the "License").
You must comply with the license to use the content. Get the License at:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13770769
You MUST ensure any interaction with the content STRICTLY COMPLIES with
the permissions and limitations set forth in the license.
```
OR label the QR code
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