New license request: FSFUL with short warranty disclaimer

[Larhzu]

How license meets inclusion principles

This appears to be a new variant of FSFULLR that adds a short warranty disclaimer. The disclaimer is the same as in FSFAP which is shorter than in FSFULLRWD. This variant replaced FSFULLR in Gnulib in October 2024 and thus it will appear in many packages that use Gnulib (coreutils, gettext, gzip, ...).

Gnulib commits that added the short warranty disclaimer:

• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=b1f65faabbc86a539e469c4ebecce0619dedefe3
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=582eb499ca9a49d9f4e016b9e3f7f8f70d3036dc

There is a mailing list thread about this addition. The following two messages in the thread show that people were aware that this is a new license variant:

• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2024-10/msg00124.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2024-10/msg00126.html

Gnulib has one file that says "This file is free documentation" instead of "free software". Maybe it could make sense to match the pattern (software|documentation) in that sentence in case some day the text appears in some other file too.

A short identifier like FSFULLRSWD (FSF UL LR SWD) would have a style similar to the related licenses (FSFUL, FSFULLR, and FSFULLRWD). I suggest FSFUL-2024 because it looks more readable and also gives a hint which of these variants is the latest.

In Gnulib, the license text appears as comment lines and with a copyright notice (the copyright years vary in the .m4 files).

License Name

FSF Unlimited License (with license retention and short warranty disclaimer)

Suggested short identifier

FSFUL-2024

License or Exception?

license

URL to license text

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/tree/etc/license-notices/unlimited?id=7b08932179d0d6b017f7df01a2ddf6e096b038e3

OSI Status

Not Submitted

License author or steward

Unknown

URL to project(s) that use license

https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/

paste text of license here

This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.

[karsten-klein]

{metæffekt} Universe
canonical name: FSF Unlimited License (with retention; no warranty)
short name: FSFULLR-no-warranty
category: FSF Unlimited
OSI status: none

Comment
We currently match this in combination to a marker. So it matches FSFULLR and a "no warranty" disclaimer --> FSFULLR-no-warranty. No remark regarding additional or not. I guess this one requires discussion.

[jlovejoy]

License Inclusion Decision

Decision:

• approved
• not approved

Name

FSF Unlimited License (With License Retention and Short Disclaimer)

License ID

FSFULLRSD

XML markup

none

Notes:

This is the same as FSFULLR but adds a short disclaimer of warranties.

Next steps

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