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== CC0 OWFa Preferred == | == CC0 OWFa Preferred == | ||
CC0+OWFa is Mozilla's preferred method for licensing for standards specifications for the following reasons: | CC0+OWFa is Mozilla's preferred method for licensing for standards specifications for the following reasons: | ||
* CC0 provides maximum <em>flexibility</em> for altering/changing/modifying/discussing specifications, as well as any need to embed portions of a specification into open source implementations (which they themselves may use other open source licenses). | * [http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ CC0] provides maximum <em>flexibility</em> for altering/changing/modifying/discussing specifications, as well as any need to embed portions of a specification into open source implementations (which they themselves may use other open source licenses). | ||
* CC0 is essentially an <em>internationally</em> aware and compatible public domain license. For this reason CC0 is preferred over similar public-domain-like licenses such as MIT or BSD (or any variants thereof). | * CC0 is essentially an <em>internationally</em> aware and compatible public domain license. For this reason CC0 is preferred over similar public-domain-like licenses such as MIT or BSD (or any variants thereof). | ||
* OWFa provides a standards-body-independent royalty-free patent declaration. | * [http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0 OWFa] provides a standards-body-independent royalty-free patent declaration. | ||
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