Hello, I would like to submit the Creative Commons zero license for consideration. I am new to this list, forgive me if it has already been considered. I understand that this license has been considered<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#CC0>GPL compatible by the FSF with this recommended format<http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0_FAQ#May_I_apply_CC0_to_computer_software.3F_If_so.2C_is_there_a_recommended_implementation.3F> . Submission type: Approval License Name: Creative Commons Zero, CC0 Category: Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities The legal code as plain text<http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt> . The scientific community is increasingly embracing this option as the most open and compatible license. It is required by scientific data repositories (that also archive scientific software, with cite-able DOIs) such as Dryad <http://datadryad.org/depositing#whycc0>. I feel it is important that this license achieve recognition by the Open Source initiative, as certain scientific journals & conferences permit only OSI recognized licenses, (e.g. PLoS Computational Biology requirements<http://www.ploscompbiol.org/static/guidelines.action>or Bioinformatics open source conference requirements <http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2012>). Carl -- Carl Boettiger UC Davis http://www.carlboettiger.info/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/attachments/20120201/8ecc27c3/attachment.html>