add transcopyright license

[ghost]

Hi.

I added the transcopyright license - this license is a "deliberative license". transcopyright is used for the xanadu project by Ted Nelson (one of the creators of hypertext, hypermedia etc). The deliberative license model is different from the restrictive model (AGPL, GPLv2, GPLv3 etc) or the permissive model (MIT, BSD etc). In the deliberative license model it is something between copyright and copyleft, something similar to what I believe is CC (Creative Commons).

For example, if the work is licensed under transcopyright and some part modified or not is MIT, this could include both proprietary and non-proprietary things. If the work is licensed under transcopyright and and some part modified or not is GPLv3, the mixed licenses include the parts that make up the GPLv3 and contrary licenses such as MIT or proprietary as well.

These two cases occur, because the transcopyright license understands that the code is composed of isolated or separate parts (from what I initially understood). So, you only license what can or should be licensed. It's a way of having a copyright in a copyleft way. I think it would be something between a "non-copyright" or "non-copyleft" - it's like a "copy-left-right-center" - this license allows mixing software, whether they have this license or another more permissive one or not (provided that part is also licensed or assigned under transcopyright).

Some may interpret this as copyright. But it's not from what I've read and understood, since the concept behind transcopyright is different from copyright. Also, most open projects include duplicate license models (you include part open source and part closed source - for example, open core business model. Or when you want to keep something open with funding from some company or own technology)

This license does not restrict copyright or copy-left use, meaning it is accessible to anyone. This license, in my view, is interesting to be added, despite being controversial to add it.

what is deliberative license or "copy-left-right-center" license or "copy-left-center"? The idea of a deliberative or "copy-left-right-center" license is generally the copy center - while granting certain permissions to the people who own those copies, as long as those copies are licensed under the same license. But this can only be done if people who also have their own permissions on the one hand. Which is interesting in my view, as it seems something like a balance between licenses like BSD, MIT, Unlicensed, PublicDomain, GPL.

scenario

• Imagine this situation, instead of it being a big corporation or company saying what software permissions are, actually these permissions are granted by people.
• the idea of this type of license is that there is greater control over the distribution of the software by those who distribute it or make modifications or changes to it, so if you develop something free/libre, parts of the copies of that free software will be kept by the people who they can include something free/libre or not, considering that people can change their mind or not.
• maybe this license is a special case copyleft-center.

update

• This license has not been evaluated by OpenSource.org or spdx
• I was not paid by Xanadu/nytimes/maggieappleton/Ted Nelson etc and by saying that the license is by Ted Nelson or Xanadu, this is for credit purposes only - not to endorse anything. For more information visit these 4 websites: https://www.xanadu.com/tco/index.html, https://xanadu.com.au/ted/transcopyright/transcopy.html, https://maggieappleton.com/transcopyright-dreams, https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/062297nelson-side.html
• The website links are about the license, and I'm not selling anything here, I'm just linking something for reference.
• Maybe oe of the biggest uses of the transcopyright license is in the idea of ​​html, of hypertext. Where you create a program on the web that can contain both free and proprietary parts at the same time.
• this license does not conflict with any proprietary or free/libre license. Please see this: https://opensource.org/osd/

why are you adding this license? or why are you contributing to our repository?

• I added this license just to compose the license set of the lice software
• I'm a developer and I like to contribute to open projects. I feel like helping anyone or any open project.
• I would be happy to contribute to the software lice.
• Maybe adding this license makes sense as it doesn't conflict with the main open license for this project/open source, which in this case is MIT.
• I would like to know if this license makes sense to be added to this repository

[ralyodio]

LGTM

[ghost]

Hi ralyodio.

LGTM

thanks for comment here.

[superkhau]

Thanks @ghost, even though we don't know who you are + @ralyodio for reviewing as usual. 💪🏻