Re: Adding CC-0 to OASIS Open Projects

That is exactly the plan. Bring in the donation as CC0 and then relicense under something permissive. 

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On Jan 31, 2020, at 5:12 PM, Joshua R. Simmons <> wrote:

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Perhaps the OP can choose one of the seven OASIS selected licenses, accept the contribution under CC-0, then relicense it?

Ideally, the OP wouldn't need to bend over backwards this way for the contributor, but I understand these may be extinuating circumstances.

I'd still recommend the OP at least *try* to get the contributor to allow contribution under a different license. 

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On Fri, Jan 31, 2020, at 23:08, Jim Jagielski wrote:

FWIW, the FSF recommends CC0 for public domain

   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#Unlicense

I remain +1.

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On Jan 31, 2020, at 5:00 PM, Jim Jagielski <> wrote:

ïOops. My mistake. I had thought that CC0 was approved. I must have been confused. In any case, since it is as close to public domain as you can get, you can consume it and relicense under something else. 

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On Jan 31, 2020, at 4:58 PM, Jim Jagielski <> wrote:

ïCC0 *is* an open source License, approved by OSI. Itâs as close to public domain as you can get. I have no issues with it being officially accepted by OASIS. In fact, our policy should be that any OSI license is OK. But I can see the advantage of keeping the list down to a manageable number. 

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On Jan 31, 2020, at 4:32 PM, Carol Geyer <> wrote:

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One of our current Open Projects needs to set up a repo under the CC-0 license, which is not one of the seven OASIS currently supports. (The OP wants to accept a major technical contribution from a large auditing firm which has a conflict-of-interest policy that requires them to only contribute under CC-0.)

Before we recommend to the OASIS Board that CC-0 be added, we wanted to see if Advisory Council members have any thoughts--pro or con--on CC-0.

This is very time-sensitive, so please let us know as soon as possible if you have any views on this.

Many thanks,

Carol

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Carol Geyer
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