Self License


A minimal, simple self applicable and usable license standard, stack and set.

Introduction:

As human artifacts have grown, evolved and still growing and evolving to myriads of capabilities and capacities; particularly in digital domain. There ever arise need for license(s) to address the issues that come with these creation like terms, conditions, rights, authorship, ownership, etc. And over time there made quite a mount of licenses which instead of help and keeping it to their simple purpose, turn the whole process more complicated and troubling for creators, engineers, artists, developers to find the right one in left of time for their project or work. We at ikdao were no different. Good to mention India and south asia with highest amount of creators and software engineers it would be of valuable meaning to have its own creative work license standard and stack. These licesnse are not limited to human use.

So we start working and figure out what license and licensing is, its intricacies and working on making a license standard, stack and set, called Self License, it's meant to be minimal and simple to use over any or all creative work including digital artifacts or assets.

Meaning:

Self License are just to self and its determined conditions. It's called self as creators can self attest or attach these licenses in their projects or work. As existence/ reality itself a natural just and neutral of implicit, implicable ownership, authority and changeable, until explicitly made and maintained. Thats why Self, until some self do it, its non existing.

Purpose:

To minimize and simplify licensing and making new license over and with easy to understand and usable semantic syntactic standard similar to semantic versioning that some artists, creators, engineers or developers aware of.

List of Self License

Zero License - 0sl
One License - 1sl
Zero Zero License - 00sl
Zero One License - 01sl
One Zero License - 10sl
One One License - 11sl

Set of Rules:

The rule to use Self License is naming and notational where conditional declaration of value at declared positions(a positional value syntax) in reverse/explicit priority, respecting that determine/derive semantics/meaning of license i.e. terms and conditions of license.

Declared positions:

  • Position 0 - Condition(s); can be subconditional
  • Position 1 - Attribution(s); can be of an individual, group of individuals, organisation
  • Position 2 - Accountability; can allow relicensing and sublicensing.

Condition: a state, situation or factors affecting behaviour of something, here it is used to determine conditions of license. if first value of license is 0 then means no conditions applied i.e. equivalent to no pemission required or no restritions imposed, If first values is 1 then its on the stated set of terms and conditions

Attribution: A obligation to linkback or credit to this creator(s), if second value is 0 then no attribution or credit required, if second values is 1 then there must exist attriution and credit to creator.

Accoutability: A obligation to a set of linkbacks or credit to all creator(s)/contributor; order insensitive, by convention series follow last creator/contributor first/top seperated by '|' or newline, respectively

Declared Values:

0: false; 1: true; x: undefined

License Name and derived conditions:

License name and notaion from declared values at declared positions suffixed with sl, short for, Self license.

Without suffixed:

  • 'x' means undecided
  • '0' means there exists no terms.
  • '1' means there exists set of terms.
  • '00' means there exists no terms, conditions; and no attribution
  • '01' means there exists no terms, conditions; and attribution
  • '10' means there exists set of terms, conditions; but no attribution
  • '11' means there exists set of terms, conditions; and attribution
  • '000' means there exists no terms, no attribution, no accoutability
  • '001' means there exists no terms, no attribution, accoutability
  • '010' means there exists no terms, and attribution, and no accountability
  • '011' means there exists no terms, and attribution, and accountability
  • '100' means there exists set of terms, and no attribution, and no accountability
  • '101' means there exists set of terms, and no attribution, and accountability
  • '110' means there exists set of terms, and attribution, and no acountability
  • '111' means there exists set of terms, and attribution, and acountability

with Suffixed:

  • 0sl Zero Self License
  • 1sl One Self License

License Text:

Zero Self License - 0SL

Zero Self License - 0SL

[~name of work] - [~creator(s) name]

[~description]

I/We hereby declare,

No terms and conditions exist or made.

This work as open, free and can be taken as in public domain. And made by, for, of, in common faith. Any or all permissions can be implicitly taken as granted.

To know more about this license visit https://legal.ikdao.org/license/0sl

One Self License - 1SL

One Self License - 1SL

[name of work] - [creator(s) name]

[~description]

I/We hereby declare,

Terms and conditions exist or made.

[~set of terms and conditions]

This work is reserved.

To know more about this license visit https://legal.ikdao.org/license/1sl