├── README.md └── μLICENSE /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # μLicense 2 | 3 | Tiny and free software license in 299 bytes. 4 | 5 |
6 | Copyright (c) <year> <owner>
7 | Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted.
8 | 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. 9 |
10 | 11 | # Features 12 | - Universal donors. 13 | - Universal recipients. 14 | - No clauses. 15 | - No warranty. 16 | - No liability. 17 | - No attribution required. 18 | 19 | # Rationale 20 | - Shortest free clause (from BSD license) 21 | - Shortest legal text (from ZLIB license) 22 | - If both sections above are orthogonal and OSI/FSF/GPL/DFSG compatible, this license *should* be OSI/FSF/GPL/DFSG compatible as well. 23 | 24 | # Links 25 | - https://spdx.org/licenses/0BSD.html 26 | - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlib_License 27 | - https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/issues/464 28 | - https://urchin.earth.li/~twic/The_Amazing_Disappearing_BSD_License.html 29 | - https://opensource.org/faq#cc-zero 30 | 31 | # Changelog 32 | - 299 bytes: with BSD clause, thanks @philliptrudeau! :) 33 | - 325 bytes: initial version. 34 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /μLICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Copyright (c) 2 | Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted. 3 | 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. 4 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------