From eeb1b3a5135dd9bcc7e6c096238e8f2c21bb350b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Mill Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:06:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Unlicense --- LICENSE | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..00d2e13 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. + +Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or +distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled +binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any +means. + +In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors +of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the +software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit +of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and +successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of +relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this +software under copyright law. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, +EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. +IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR +OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, +ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR +OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. + +For more information, please refer to \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 58f756c..3173a57 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This dataset is designed to be responsive to user searches, so it's not always a Similarly, "Obamacare" should match on both the [Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act) and the associated [Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010), which were passed as a package deal and both collectively define what people think of as "Obamacare". -One possible way to have both precision and flexibility would be to add another column that has a relationship flag, to distinguish between terms that refer to a bill exactly, or terms that are less directly related. [Open an issue](https://github.com/sunlightlabs/bill-nicknames/issues) if you want to talk about that. +One possible way to have both precision and flexibility would be to add another column that has a relationship flag, to distinguish between terms that refer to a bill exactly, or terms that are less directly related. [Open an issue](https://github.com/unitedstates/bill-nicknames/issues) if you want to talk about that. ### How it works @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ If you want to add entries, fork it, add away, and send a pull request. I'm incl ### License -Public domain information, no restrictions whatsoever. +Published under the public domain [Unlicense](/unitedstates/bill-nicknames/blob/master/LICENSE), no restrictions whatsoever. However, if you split this off somewhere else and add your own expertise to it, please keep it public. Most ideally, keep it within Github, so that your additions can easily be seen and retrieved.