From b242aa7868933969b6836c203c62537e4f115fd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 12:22:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] first pass at removing licensing --- README.md | 8 +++++--- UNLICENSE.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 UNLICENSE.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8580c98a..81370e60 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This Appendix is meant to be a living document so that collaboration in the open ## Where You Come In -Help the United States Government make its Open Data policy better by collaborating. Please suggest enhancements by editing the content here. +Help the United States Government make its Open Data policy better by collaborating. Please suggest enhancements by editing the content here. ## How to Contribute @@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ For information on how to contribute, please see the [how to contribute](CONTRIB ## License -The project [as originally published](#) constitutes a work of the United States Government and is not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 USC § 105. Subsequent contributions by members of the public, however, retain their original copyright. +The project constitutes a work of the United States Government and is not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 USC § 105. -In order to better facilitate collaboration, the content of this project is licensed under the [Creative Commons 3.0 license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en_US), and the underlying source code used to format and display that content is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php). +Members of the public who wish to contribute, are encourage to do so, but by contributing, dedicate their work to the public domain and waive all rights to their contribution under US copyright law. + +Code contributions are dedicated to the public under the terms of the [Unlicense](unlicense.md). Contributions to the text are dedicated under the terms of the [CC0 Public Domain Dedication](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). ## Privacy diff --git a/UNLICENSE.md b/UNLICENSE.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a28d61ce --- /dev/null +++ b/UNLICENSE.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ + +This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. + +Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or +distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled +binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any +means. + +In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors +of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the +software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit +of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and +successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of +relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this +software under copyright law. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, +EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. +IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR +OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, +ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR +OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. + +For more information, please refer to [http://unlicense.org] From cd91783e0308362e3e3da080256be0efd9531cf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:41:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] update license, readme, and contributing for cc0 --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 +++----- UNLICENSE.md => LICENSE | 0 README.md | 6 ++---- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) rename UNLICENSE.md => LICENSE (100%) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 63d427ac..f191c785 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Contributing to Project Open Data +*By contributing to this project, you dedicate your work to the public domain and relinquish any copyright claims under the terms of the [CC0 Public Domain Dedication](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). See the [license file](LICENSE) for additional information.* + ## How to Contribute This project constitutes a collaborative work ("open source"). Federal employees and members of the public are encouraged to improve the project by contributing. For more information, please see [the FAQ](/faq/) @@ -38,10 +40,6 @@ Project Open Data runs on GitHub pages and automatically regenerates as a static *Note:* You'll need [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/) and the [Bundler package manager](http://gembundler.com/). -## Licensing - -By contributing to this project, you grant a world-wide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license to all users under [the same terms under which the project is licensed](README.md#licensing). - ## Privacy -All comments, messages, pull requests, and other submissions received through official White House pages including this GitHub page may be subject to archiving requirements. See the [readme](README.md#privacy) for more information. +All comments, messages, pull requests, and other submissions received through official White House pages including this GitHub page may be subject to archiving requirements. See the [readme](README.md#privacy) for more information. diff --git a/UNLICENSE.md b/LICENSE similarity index 100% rename from UNLICENSE.md rename to LICENSE diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 81370e60..eb824549 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ For information on how to contribute, please see the [how to contribute](CONTRIB ## License -The project constitutes a work of the United States Government and is not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 USC § 105. +The project is a public domain work and is not subject to domestic or international copyright protection. See [the license file](LICENSE) for additional information. -Members of the public who wish to contribute, are encourage to do so, but by contributing, dedicate their work to the public domain and waive all rights to their contribution under US copyright law. - -Code contributions are dedicated to the public under the terms of the [Unlicense](unlicense.md). 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