🌐 Website Issue | Switch to Zlib License #956

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2019-05-29T20:50:42Z

asddsaz commented

2019-05-29 20:50:42 +00:00

(Migrated from github.com)

Feature: Switch to the Zlib license
I realize, we recently switched from the WTFPL.

I wanted to recommend another license over CC0 which isvery long.
The Zlib license, a WTFPL equivalence non-offensive license:
If you don't know what it is, take 30 seconds to read it:

Copyright (c) <''year''> <''copyright holders''>

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
freely, subject to the following restrictions:

The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
appreciated but is not required.

Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
misrepresented as being the original software.

This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.

**Feature**: Switch to the Zlib license I realize, we recently switched from the WTFPL. I wanted to recommend another license over CC0 which isvery long. The Zlib license, a WTFPL equivalence non-offensive license: If you don't know what it is, take 30 seconds to read it: > Copyright (c) <''year''> <''copyright holders''> > > This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied > warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages > arising from the use of this software. > > Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, > including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it > freely, subject to the following restrictions: > > 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not > claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software > in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be > appreciated but is not required. > 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be > misrepresented as being the original software. > 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.