Update: Finish review and finalize Open Standard License to 1.1.

Reviewed the license and now make it official as of August 20, 2026 (UTC).

diff --git a/licenses/open-standard-license-1.1-or-later b/licenses/open-standard-license-1.1-or-later
index ce15c56460f30c762d9a0b1cc26f133da3e077fe..daac2ab6149008808177ed8ebe8a9d94d8f6a0b7 100644 (file)
--- a/licenses/open-standard-license-1.1-or-later
+++ b/licenses/open-standard-license-1.1-or-later
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Open Standard License 1.1.
 Open Standard License 1.1.

-  July 28, 2026.
+  August 20, 2026.

 
 This license applies to the Standards and their Specifications and designates legal requirements on Implementations of the Standard and their respective Specifications.
 
 
 This license applies to the Standards and their Specifications and designates legal requirements on Implementations of the Standard and their respective Specifications.
 


@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ Terminology:
   - ABI: Application Binary Interface**.
   - API: Application Programming Interface*.
   - AI: Artificial Intelligence***.
   - ABI: Application Binary Interface**.
   - API: Application Programming Interface*.
   - AI: Artificial Intelligence***.

+  - Combined Work: Anything that incorporates multiple independently licensed components without necessarily modifying their internal structure.

   - Implementation: The applying of some Standard or Specification.
   - LCG: Lossy Computer Generation (any linguistic variation of "Generation", such as "Generated")***.
   - LLM: Large Language Model***.
   - Licensee: Any individual, organization, entity, or other thing that uses, applies, to whom this license is granted, to which this license is granted, or that otherwise uses or stores the information and data covered by this license.
   - Modified Works: A modification of the Works, in part or whole.
   - Implementation: The applying of some Standard or Specification.
   - LCG: Lossy Computer Generation (any linguistic variation of "Generation", such as "Generated")***.
   - LLM: Large Language Model***.
   - Licensee: Any individual, organization, entity, or other thing that uses, applies, to whom this license is granted, to which this license is granted, or that otherwise uses or stores the information and data covered by this license.
   - Modified Works: A modification of the Works, in part or whole.

-  - Original Works: The original, unmodified Works.
+  - Original Works: The original, unmodified, Works with respect to a Modified Works.

   - Protocol: In the context of computers and software, this is a Standard focused on communication between at least two parties (often referring to Internet communication) and is at the most basic level an agreement of rules between two (or more) parties.
   - Provider: A party who provides a Service of any kind (or equivalent functionality) that utilizes a Protocol or provides a Service that Implements or follows a Standard or Specification to another party.
   - Service: Any action or labor performed by one party for another party (such as one person helping another person).
   - Protocol: In the context of computers and software, this is a Standard focused on communication between at least two parties (often referring to Internet communication) and is at the most basic level an agreement of rules between two (or more) parties.
   - Provider: A party who provides a Service of any kind (or equivalent functionality) that utilizes a Protocol or provides a Service that Implements or follows a Standard or Specification to another party.
   - Service: Any action or labor performed by one party for another party (such as one person helping another person).


@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ Terminology:
 *** The AI term refers to intelligence that is artificial.
   All computers have always been Artificial Intelligence, by definition.
   Society has recently forgotten the meaning of AI and has redefined the terminology.
 *** The AI term refers to intelligence that is artificial.
   All computers have always been Artificial Intelligence, by definition.
   Society has recently forgotten the meaning of AI and has redefined the terminology.

-  This avoids that redefinition and uses the term more correctly.
+  This license avoids that redefinition and uses the term as described herein.

   Instead, LCG, or Lossy Computer Generation, is used to represent what society is now improperly using AI to mean.
   The LCG is a super set of any form of computer generation that stores the original data in a lossy format, such as LLM (Large Language Model) and SLM (Small Language Model).
   The lossy refers to the data being lost to some extent, similar to how MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III) is a lossy format.
   Instead, LCG, or Lossy Computer Generation, is used to represent what society is now improperly using AI to mean.
   The LCG is a super set of any form of computer generation that stores the original data in a lossy format, such as LLM (Large Language Model) and SLM (Small Language Model).
   The lossy refers to the data being lost to some extent, similar to how MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III) is a lossy format.


@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ Terminology:
   05) Implementations of a Standard or Specification may be under any license so long as that license:
     a) Does not restrict, alter, or invalidate this license in any manner.
     b) Does not impose any form of restrictions to access, to use, to implement, to extend, or to deviate from anything allowed or otherwise granted by this license.
   05) Implementations of a Standard or Specification may be under any license so long as that license:
     a) Does not restrict, alter, or invalidate this license in any manner.
     b) Does not impose any form of restrictions to access, to use, to implement, to extend, or to deviate from anything allowed or otherwise granted by this license.

-  06) This license shall prohibit any form of restricting any parties to access, to use, to implement, to extend, or o deviate from this Standard unless:
+    c) Does not violate this license or copyright.
+  06) This license shall prohibit any form of restricting any parties to access, to use, to implement, to extend, or to deviate from this Standard unless:

     a) Restricted by this license.
     b) Unless there is a breach of license conditions.
   07) This license is irrevocable unless there is a breach of the license conditions.
     a) Restricted by this license.
     b) Unless there is a breach of license conditions.
   07) This license is irrevocable unless there is a breach of the license conditions.


@@ -57,28 +59,30 @@ Terminology:
   10) The final and absolute determination of any terminology and intent of this license is by the original owner of this license or a party explicitly authorized by the original license owner or party, and is not in any way subject to re-interpretation or re-definition in any way for any reason by any party including but not limited to judges, juries, lawyers, attorneys, technicians, experts, or governments.
   11) Any restriction, alteration, removal, invalidation, making illegal, or making unlawful of or against any part of this license by any party, such as but not limited to a government or judge, shall not permanently alter this license in any way for any reason. That is for example, if some court deems some part of this unlawful and then later makes it lawful, then the now re-lawfulized parts do and must immediately apply once more as if it were never made unlawful.
   12) When at any point in time under any government any parts of this license is restricted, altered, removed, invalidated or otherwise made illegal, unlawful, or unenforceable is reversed, restored, or otherwise made legal, lawful, and enforceable again, then these parts are immediately in affect again.
   10) The final and absolute determination of any terminology and intent of this license is by the original owner of this license or a party explicitly authorized by the original license owner or party, and is not in any way subject to re-interpretation or re-definition in any way for any reason by any party including but not limited to judges, juries, lawyers, attorneys, technicians, experts, or governments.
   11) Any restriction, alteration, removal, invalidation, making illegal, or making unlawful of or against any part of this license by any party, such as but not limited to a government or judge, shall not permanently alter this license in any way for any reason. That is for example, if some court deems some part of this unlawful and then later makes it lawful, then the now re-lawfulized parts do and must immediately apply once more as if it were never made unlawful.
   12) When at any point in time under any government any parts of this license is restricted, altered, removed, invalidated or otherwise made illegal, unlawful, or unenforceable is reversed, restored, or otherwise made legal, lawful, and enforceable again, then these parts are immediately in affect again.

-  13) If at any point in time some party, such as but not limited to a government, makes any change to this license (like those described in [01.11]) and the licensee for any reason at any time is no longer subject to a given jurisdiction, then those parts of the original license are immediately in effect as if they were never altered or restricted in the first place. For example, if a licensee leaves the jurisdiction of some government that otherwise restricted some part of this license then that otherwise restricted part is immediately in affect again now that the licensee is out of the given jurisdiction.
-  14) Prohibits waiving of any rights, protections, provisions, or anything else for this license.
-  15) This license requires acceptance that using data from this and storing in LCG is considered a Combined Works for the purposes of this license for anything within the scope of this license.
-  16) The licensee must be capable of accepting the license.
-  17) The licensee must be capable of being legally bound by these terms.
-  18) May modify your copies, or any portion thereof, given the conditions described in the details on Modified Works below.
+  13) If at any point in time some party, such as but not limited to a government, makes any change to this license (such as those described in [01.11]) and the licensee for any reason at any time is no longer subject to a given jurisdiction, then those parts of the original license are immediately in effect as if they were never altered or restricted in the first place. For example, if a licensee leaves the jurisdiction of some government that otherwise restricted some part of this license then that otherwise restricted part is immediately in affect again now that the licensee is out of the given jurisdiction.
+  14) Waiving of any rights, protections, provisions, or anything else for this license is prohibited.
+  15) This license requires acceptance that using Works and storing in LCG is considered a Combined Works when that LCG also stores anything other than Works.
+  16 This license requires acceptance that using Works and storing in LCG as the only thing in that LCG is considered a copy of that Works.
+  17) This license requires acceptance that generating anything using LCG containing Works is considered a copy of this Works, is a Modified Works, and must comply with this license for this generated content, including:
+    a) Providing the copyright for this Works for all generated, and therefore, Modified Works.
+    b) Provide this license for Works for all generated, and therefore, Modified Works.
+  18) The licensee must be capable of accepting the license.
+  19) The licensee must be capable of being legally bound by these terms.
+  20) May modify your copies, or any portion thereof, given the conditions described in the details on Modified Works below.

 
 02) Details on LCG usage:
 
 02) Details on LCG usage:

-  The current society has recently re-interpreted common terminology, such as how the term AI now being interpreted differently.
+  The current society has recently re-interpreted common terminology, such as how the term AI is now being interpreted differently.

   This has become a problem where licenses are being incorrectly perceived as a separate Works.
   There always has been an expectation that copying this in a lossy format, such as an LCG, would constitute as a Modified Works.
 
   This confusion is addressed by being explicitly clear in this regards.
 
   In order to accept this license,
   This has become a problem where licenses are being incorrectly perceived as a separate Works.
   There always has been an expectation that copying this in a lossy format, such as an LCG, would constitute as a Modified Works.
 
   This confusion is addressed by being explicitly clear in this regards.
 
   In order to accept this license,

-    a. The use of any Works, in part or whole, with or by LCG, be it LLM, SLM, or anything else, must be considered a Modified Works rather than a new or separate Works.
+    a) The use of any Works, in part or whole, with or by LCG, be it LLM, SLM, or anything else, must be considered a Modified Works rather than a new or separate Works.
+    b) Appropriate credits must be provided for any and all Modified Works.
+    c) The entire Works, or any part, must be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this license.

 
 

-    b. Appropriate credits must be provided for any and all Modified Works.
-
-    c. The entire Works, or any part, must be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this license.
-
-  Note that this does not require acceptance of "Modified Works", regarding LCG, to be applied to any Works not under this license.
+  Note that this does not require acceptance of "Modified Works", regarding LCG, to be applied to anything not under this license.

 
 03) Details on denying the waiving of any rights:
   Another recent problem is where entities attempt to force waiving of rights (be it automatic, inferred, or otherwise) when there never has been any such expectation of this even being allowed by this license.
 
 03) Details on denying the waiving of any rights:
   Another recent problem is where entities attempt to force waiving of rights (be it automatic, inferred, or otherwise) when there never has been any such expectation of this even being allowed by this license.


@@ -87,16 +91,10 @@ Terminology:
   The copyright holder must explicitly, and intentionally, change the license rather than waive anything.
 
 04) Details on the Modified Works:
   The copyright holder must explicitly, and intentionally, change the license rather than waive anything.
 
 04) Details on the Modified Works:

-  a. The Modified Works must be a Standard, a Specification, or an Implementation.
-
-  b. The Modified Works must preserve ownership and copyrights of the Original Works.
-
-  c. The Modified Works must not remove any protections of this license.
-
-  d. The Modified Works must be marked as changed from the Original Works.
-
-  e. Cannot make claims over the Original Works.
-
-  f. May not change any copyrights and ownership of Original Works.
-
-  g. Making a modification does not transfer ownership of Original Works.
+  a) The Modified Works must be a Standard, a Specification, or an Implementation.
+  b) The Modified Works must preserve ownership and copyrights of the Original Works.
+  c) The Modified Works must not remove any protections of this license.
+  d) The Modified Works must be marked as changed from the Original Works.
+  e) Cannot make claims over the Original Works.
+  f) May not change any copyrights and ownership of the Original Works.
+  g) Making any modification does not transfer ownership of the Original Works.