Unlicense Explained
| Unlicense |
| Author: | Arto Bendiken |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Osi Approved: | Yes[1] |
| Fsf Approved: | Yes[2] |
| Gpl Compatible: | Yes |
| Copyleft: | No |
| Linking: | Yes |
The Unlicense is a public domain equivalent license for software which provides a public domain waiver with a fall-back public-domain-like license, similar to the CC Zero for cultural works. It includes language used in earlier software projects and has a focus on an anti-copyright message.[3] [4]
License terms
The text of the Unlicense is as follows:
Notes and References
- Web site: [License-review] Request for legacy approval: The Unlicense ]. September 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200908144433/http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2020-June/004890.html . live . June 16, 2020 . Pamela . Chestek. There is general agreement that the document is poorly drafted. It is an attempt to dedicate a work to the public domain (which, taken alone, would not be approved as an open source license) but it also has wording commonly used for license grants. There was some discussion about the legal effectiveness of the document, in particular how it would operate in a jurisdiction where one cannot dedicate a work to the public domain. The lawyers who opined on the issue, both US and non-US, agreed that the document would most likely be interpreted as a license and that the license met the OSD. It is therefore recommended for approval..
- Web site: Various Licenses and Comments about Them - GNU Project ยง The Unlicense . Free Software Foundation . February 10, 2017.
- Web site: The Unlicense: A License for No License . OStatic . Joe Brockmeier . January 11, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170122063132/http://ostatic.com/blog/the-unlicense-a-license-for-no-license . January 22, 2017.
- Web site: Unlicense Yourself: Set Your Code Free . February 28, 2017.
