From: Kevin Day Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 13:31:33 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Update: Open Standard License 1.1. X-Git-Url: https://git.kevux.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=997b69d7dec2f9554a300b5a3e9674f5fc116b3b;p=fll Update: Open Standard License 1.1. This is an offiical update on Sep 7, 2026 (UTC) that is intended to provide more clarifications and clean it up. I worked an another license that applies the same changes as done in the OSL 1.1. This helped me notice more things that might need further clarification and details. The following are some of the changes: - Explicitly add Licenser term and use that. - Make each top-level section using 3-letters, such as `PRL` instead of `01` to make referencing sections more distinct (like `[PRL.07.b]`). - Further clarifiy details of "license is irrevocable unless...". - This must always include the "or greater" or other similar changes so add (a) and (b) to describe this. - Follow new line spacing practices (two lines between each section and one line after each section title). - Break apart items with long sentences into sub-items. - Move the "When at any point in time under any ..." item underneath the item before it and update the numbering. - Add missing parenthesis. - Clarify the now `[PRL.16]` by: - Breaking part of the long sentence into more sub-items. - Further clarify by adding "Containing is not limited to..." sub-item. - Clarify the now `[PRL.17]` by: - Adding " Machines, LCG, software, etc..." sub-item. - Allow all of the liones to be referenced by prepending item numbers like `01)`. - Use the same numbering system consistently. --- diff --git a/licenses/open-standard-license-1.1-or-later b/licenses/open-standard-license-1.1-or-later index daac2ab61..c75ba8e21 100644 --- a/licenses/open-standard-license-1.1-or-later +++ b/licenses/open-standard-license-1.1-or-later @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ Open Standard License 1.1. - August 20, 2026. + September 07, 2026. This license applies to the Standards and their Specifications and designates legal requirements on Implementations of the Standard and their respective Specifications. + Terminology: - ABI: Application Binary Interface**. - API: Application Programming Interface*. @@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ Terminology: - LCG: Lossy Computer Generation (any linguistic variation of "Generation", such as "Generated")***. - LLM: Large Language Model***. - Licensee: Any individual, organization, entity, or other thing that uses, applies, to whom this license is granted, to which this license is granted, or that otherwise uses or stores the information and data covered by this license. + - Licenser: Any individual, organization, entity, or other thing that grants the license for the Original Works. - Modified Works: A modification of the Works, in part or whole. - Original Works: The original, unmodified, Works with respect to a Modified Works. - Protocol: In the context of computers and software, this is a Standard focused on communication between at least two parties (often referring to Internet communication) and is at the most basic level an agreement of rules between two (or more) parties. @@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ Terminology: The LCG is a super set of any form of computer generation that stores the original data in a lossy format, such as LLM (Large Language Model) and SLM (Small Language Model). The lossy refers to the data being lost to some extent, similar to how MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III) is a lossy format. -01) Principles of this license: + +PRL) Principles of this license: 01) The Standard or Specification is and must be freely and publicly available to use and implement irrespective of any license, patent, or other restriction of any kind for any reason of some Implementation or Provider. 02) All patents associated are and must be royalty-free for unrestricted use and must not impose any restrictions on any third party's Implementation of this Standard in any way for any reason beyond those described in this license. 03) There are not and there must not be any agreements or requirements for the execution of this license grant, including but not limited to: NDA, grant, click-through, or any form of paperwork (including but not limited to all non-paper forms of paperwork, such as digital forms) except as provided within this license. @@ -53,48 +56,61 @@ Terminology: 06) This license shall prohibit any form of restricting any parties to access, to use, to implement, to extend, or to deviate from this Standard unless: a) Restricted by this license. b) Unless there is a breach of license conditions. - 07) This license is irrevocable unless there is a breach of the license conditions. + 07) This license is irrevocable unless there is a breach of the license conditions or as described below. + a) This does not prevent the Licenser from changing the license itself or the license applied to the Works. + b) This does not prevent the Licenser from upgrading the license to some newer version or variation. 08) This license does not grant any kind of warranty or liability under any circumstances to any party for any reason, be it direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, or in any other form. 09) This license does not restrict any party from optionally providing their own warranty or liability on any Implementation but such warranties or liabilities are completely separate and independent of this license in all circumstances for any reason, be it direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, or for any other reason. - 10) The final and absolute determination of any terminology and intent of this license is by the original owner of this license or a party explicitly authorized by the original license owner or party, and is not in any way subject to re-interpretation or re-definition in any way for any reason by any party including but not limited to judges, juries, lawyers, attorneys, technicians, experts, or governments. - 11) Any restriction, alteration, removal, invalidation, making illegal, or making unlawful of or against any part of this license by any party, such as but not limited to a government or judge, shall not permanently alter this license in any way for any reason. That is for example, if some court deems some part of this unlawful and then later makes it lawful, then the now re-lawfulized parts do and must immediately apply once more as if it were never made unlawful. - 12) When at any point in time under any government any parts of this license is restricted, altered, removed, invalidated or otherwise made illegal, unlawful, or unenforceable is reversed, restored, or otherwise made legal, lawful, and enforceable again, then these parts are immediately in affect again. - 13) If at any point in time some party, such as but not limited to a government, makes any change to this license (such as those described in [01.11]) and the licensee for any reason at any time is no longer subject to a given jurisdiction, then those parts of the original license are immediately in effect as if they were never altered or restricted in the first place. For example, if a licensee leaves the jurisdiction of some government that otherwise restricted some part of this license then that otherwise restricted part is immediately in affect again now that the licensee is out of the given jurisdiction. - 14) Waiving of any rights, protections, provisions, or anything else for this license is prohibited. - 15) This license requires acceptance that using Works and storing in LCG is considered a Combined Works when that LCG also stores anything other than Works. - 16 This license requires acceptance that using Works and storing in LCG as the only thing in that LCG is considered a copy of that Works. - 17) This license requires acceptance that generating anything using LCG containing Works is considered a copy of this Works, is a Modified Works, and must comply with this license for this generated content, including: - a) Providing the copyright for this Works for all generated, and therefore, Modified Works. - b) Provide this license for Works for all generated, and therefore, Modified Works. - 18) The licensee must be capable of accepting the license. - 19) The licensee must be capable of being legally bound by these terms. - 20) May modify your copies, or any portion thereof, given the conditions described in the details on Modified Works below. - -02) Details on LCG usage: - The current society has recently re-interpreted common terminology, such as how the term AI is now being interpreted differently. - This has become a problem where licenses are being incorrectly perceived as a separate Works. - There always has been an expectation that copying this in a lossy format, such as an LCG, would constitute as a Modified Works. - - This confusion is addressed by being explicitly clear in this regards. - - In order to accept this license, + 10) The final and absolute determination of any terminology and intent of this license is by the Licenser or a party explicitly authorized by the Licenser, and is not in any way subject to re-interpretation or re-definition in any way for any reason by any party including but not limited to judges, juries, lawyers, attorneys, technicians, experts, or governments. + 11) Any restriction, alteration, removal, invalidation, making illegal, or making unlawful of or against any part of this license by any party, such as but not limited to a government or judge, shall not permanently alter this license in any way for any reason. + a) That is for example, if some court deems some part of this unlawful and then later makes it lawful, then the now re-lawfulized parts do and must immediately apply once more as if they were never made unlawful. + b) When at any point in time under any government any parts of this license is restricted, altered, removed, invalidated or otherwise made illegal, unlawful, or unenforceable is reversed, restored, or otherwise made legal, lawful, and enforceable again, then these parts are immediately in affect again. + 12) If at any point in time some party, such as but not limited to a government, makes any change to this license (such as those described in [PRL.11]) and the Licensee for any reason at any time is no longer subject to a given jurisdiction, then those parts of the original license are immediately in effect as if they were never altered or restricted in the first place. + a) For example, if a Licensee leaves the jurisdiction of some government that otherwise restricted some part of this license then that otherwise restricted part is immediately in affect again now that the Licensee is out of the given jurisdiction. + 13) Waiving of any rights, protections, provisions, conditions, or anything else for this license is prohibited. + a) The Licenser may not waive any rights, protections, provisions, conditions, or anything else for this license. + b) The Licenser may explicitly and intentionally change the license instead of waiving but this may not be automatic, without intent, without will, or coerced. + 14) This license requires acceptance that using Works and storing in LCG is considered a Combined Works when that LCG also stores anything other than Works. + 15) This license requires acceptance that using Works and storing in LCG as the only thing in that LCG is considered a copy of that Works. + 16) This license requires acceptance that generating anything using LCG containing Works is: + a) Considered a copy of this Works. + b) Is a Modified Works. + c) Must comply with this license for this generated content, including: + 01) Providing the copyright for this Works for all generated, and therefore, Modified Works. + 02) Provide this license for Works for all generated, and therefore, Modified Works. + d) Containing is not limited to complete works and includes any part of the Works no matter how small or trivial. + 17) The Licensee must be capable of accepting the license. + a) Machines, LCG, software, etc... are expressly forbidden from accepting this license. + 18) The Licensee must be capable of being legally bound by these terms. + 19) May modify your copies, or any portion thereof, given the conditions described in the details on Modified Works below. + + +LCG) Details on LCG usage: + 01) The current society has recently re-interpreted common terminology, such as how the term AI is now being interpreted differently. + 02) This has become a problem where licenses are being incorrectly perceived as a separate Works. + 03) There always has been an expectation that copying this in a lossy format, such as an LCG, would constitute as a Modified Works. + 04) This confusion is addressed by being explicitly clear in this regards. + 05) In order to accept this license, a) The use of any Works, in part or whole, with or by LCG, be it LLM, SLM, or anything else, must be considered a Modified Works rather than a new or separate Works. b) Appropriate credits must be provided for any and all Modified Works. c) The entire Works, or any part, must be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this license. + 06) Note that this does not require acceptance of "Modified Works", regarding LCG, to be applied to anything not under this license. + + +WAV) Details on denying the waiving of any rights: + + 01) Another recent problem is where entities attempt to force waiving of rights (be it automatic, inferred, or otherwise) when there never has been any such expectation of this even being allowed by this license. + 02) This license would realistically fail to be an open-source license if any part of it can be waived. + 03) Therefore, no parts of this license may be waived by anyone, including the Licenser, of anything under this license. + 04) The Licenser must explicitly, and intentionally, change the license rather than waive anything. + + +MOD) Details on the Modified Works: - Note that this does not require acceptance of "Modified Works", regarding LCG, to be applied to anything not under this license. - -03) Details on denying the waiving of any rights: - Another recent problem is where entities attempt to force waiving of rights (be it automatic, inferred, or otherwise) when there never has been any such expectation of this even being allowed by this license. - This license would realistically fail to be an open-source license if any part of it can be waived. - Therefore, no parts of this license may be waived by anyone, including the copyright holder, of anything under this license. - The copyright holder must explicitly, and intentionally, change the license rather than waive anything. - -04) Details on the Modified Works: - a) The Modified Works must be a Standard, a Specification, or an Implementation. - b) The Modified Works must preserve ownership and copyrights of the Original Works. - c) The Modified Works must not remove any protections of this license. - d) The Modified Works must be marked as changed from the Original Works. - e) Cannot make claims over the Original Works. - f) May not change any copyrights and ownership of the Original Works. - g) Making any modification does not transfer ownership of the Original Works. + 01) The Modified Works must be a Standard, a Specification, or an Implementation. + 02) The Modified Works must preserve ownership and copyrights of the Original Works. + 03) The Modified Works must not remove any protections of this license. + 04) The Modified Works must be marked as changed from the Original Works. + 05) Cannot make claims over the Original Works. + 06) May not change any copyrights and ownership of the Original Works. + 07) Making any modification does not transfer ownership of the Original Works.