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| -rw-r--r-- | LICENSES/CC-PDDC.txt | 27 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | util/lint/lint-000-license-headers | 6 |
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diff --git a/LICENSES/CC-PDDC.txt b/LICENSES/CC-PDDC.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f32f070f06 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSES/CC-PDDC.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ + +The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the +"Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of +his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of +the country from which the work is published, or (b) hereby dedicates whatever +copyright the dedicators holds in the work of authorship identified below (the +"Work") to the public domain. A certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright +interest he may have in the associated work, and for these purposes, is +described as a "dedicator" below. + +A certifier has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status of this +work. Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not shield him from +liability if in fact the work certified is not in the public domain. + +Dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to +the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicator intends this +dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present +and future rights under copyright law, whether vested or contingent, in the +Work. Dedicator understands that such relinquishment of all rights includes the +relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise) those +copyrights in the Work. + +Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may be +freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or +otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, +and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or +conceived. diff --git a/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers b/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers index ac0b82f438..e6c62b9ad5 100755 --- a/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers +++ b/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ check_for_license 'SPDX-License-Identifier: X11' # differentiate between this license with or without advertising. check_for_license 'SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-4-Clause-UC' +# This is the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication and Certification +# for files that are already in the public domain. This includes files +# that cannot be licensed such as blank files or files with no "creative" +# content. +check_for_license 'SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-PDDC' + for file in $headerlist; do # Verify the file exists, and has content that requires a header # This assumes that a file that has 4 lines or fewer is not notable |