From d55c099043db6b9e3fd6af21384121d00b606be2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stvnrlly Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:20:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update licensing situation for us gov --- LICENSE | 22 ---------------------- README.md | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE deleted file mode 100644 index 50c5287af..000000000 --- a/LICENSE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -The MIT License (MIT) - -Copyright (c) 2015 Government Digital Service - -Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy -of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal -in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights -to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell -copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is -furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: - -The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all -copies or substantial portions of the Software. - -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 OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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. - diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 79a682726..ed1e149d5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -98,3 +98,10 @@ If you're working in VS Code, you can also leverage Docker for a containerized d NOTE: when you change .env in the future, you'll need to rebuild the devcontainer for the change to take effect. Vscode _should_ detect the change and prompt you with a toast notification during a cached build. If not, you can find a manual rebuild in command pallette or just `docker rm` the notifications-api container. +## License && public domain + +Work through [commit `e604385`](https://github.com/GSA/notifications-api/commit/e604385e0cf4c2ab8c6451b7120ceb196cce21b5) is licensed by the UK government until the MIT license. Work after that commit is in the worldwide public domain. See [LICENSE.md](./LICENSE.md) for more information. + +## Contributing + +As stated in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md), all contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest. \ No newline at end of file