Licensing Policy

This policy is approved by the Open Source Ecology (OSE) Board of Directors as of xx, xx, xxxx to apply to all OSE projects.
It may not be circumvented, eroded, or ignored.

OSE Policies
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Applicable Definitions

Free Content License

A license which meets the terms of the Definition of Free Cultural Works specific to licenses, as can be found at http://freedomdefined.org/Definition version 1.0.

Proposed Resolution

Whereas the mission of Open Source Ecology is to "accelerate the growth of the next economy - the Open Source Economy - one that optimizes both production and distribution while promoting environmental regeneration and social justice,"

• All machine designs, research, and other content created by Open Source Ecology is required to be published under a Free Content License, or which is otherwise free as recognized by the 'Definition of Free Cultural Works' as referenced above.

See Also

• Copyright
• OSE License for Distributive Economics
• Open Source Hardware License
• OSE Licensing Agreement
• Why OSE Doesn't Support the Use of Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licenses
• CC BY-NC Problem
• Contributor Agreement
• One Community Contributor Agreement