https://archlinux.org/news/providing-a-license-for-package-sources/
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OBSD aka Obvious Blue Screen of Death. 
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Since reading about this 0BSD license and arch intending to use it, I’ve looked into licenses that I could find on my EOS install.
I came across this folder:
/usr/share/licenses
with these sub-folders, which, if I understand it correctly, all contain licenses:
adobe-source-code-pro-fonts gst-plugin-pipewire libmfx libxpm pixman python-xxhash tldr
adwaita-icon-theme-legacy gtest libmng libxpresent pkcs11-helper python-yaml tpm2-tss
alsa-firmware harfbuzz libmodplug libxrandr pkgconf python-zstandard ttf-bitstream-vera
alsa-topology-conf harfbuzz-icu libmpcdec libxrender pkgfile qbittorrent ttf-dejavu
alsa-ucm-conf hdparm libmpdclient libxres polkit-qt5 qcoro ttf-hack
amd-ucode hidapi libmypaint libxshmfence polkit-qt6 qpdf ttf-liberation
aom highway libmysofa libxslt poppler qt5-base tzdata
argon2 hplip libnghttp2 libxss poppler-data qt5-declarative unrar
autoconf hwloc libnghttp3 libxt poppler-glib qt5-graphicaleffects unzip
bind hyphen libngtcp2 libxtst poppler-qt6 qt5-imageformats usbutils
binutils iana-etc libnumbertext libxv popt qt5-location util-linux
blas icu liboauth libxxf86vm portaudio qt5-multimedia util-linux-libs
botan imagemagick libogg libyaml postgresql qt5-quickcontrols vapoursynth
botan2 imath libopenmpt libyuv postgresql-libs qt5-quickcontrols2 verdict
brightnessctl imlib2 libp11-kit libzip ppp qt5-sensors vi
brotli iputils libpagemaker libzmf protobuf qt5-speech vivaldi
bzip2 jansson libpaper lilv prrte qt5-svg vmaf
cantarell-fonts jasper libpcap linux-firmware pv qt5-tools vpnc
c-ares jemalloc libpciaccess linux-firmware-whence python-annotated-types qt5-translations vulkan-headers
cblas json-c libpipewire linux-lts python-apsw qt5-wayland vulkan-icd-loader
cfitsio jsoncpp libpng linux-lts-headers python-beautifulsoup4 qt5-webchannel vulkan-tools
chromaprint kdsingleapplication libppd llvm-libs python-brotli qt5-webengine wavpack
clang kdsoap-qt6 libpsl lmdb python-brotlicffi qt5-x11extras wayland
clinfo kdsoap-ws-discovery-client libraqm lpsolve python-certifi qt6-5compat wayland-utils
compiler-rt known_spdx_license_exceptions.txt librevenge l-smash python-cffi qt6-base webkit2gtk
cups known_spdx_license_identifiers.txt libsamplerate lua python-charset-normalizer qt6-connectivity webkit2gtk-4.1
cups-browsed krb5 libsasl luajit python-colorama qt6-declarative webrtc-audio-processing-1
cups-filters lapack libsixel luit python-cssselect qt6-doc wireplumber
curl lazarus libsm lv2 python-dateutil qt6-imageformats woff2
dav1d lazarus-qt6 libsodium mailcap python-dbus qt6-multimedia wpa_supplicant
db5.3 lcms2 libsoxr man-pages python-defusedxml qt6-networkauth xbitmaps
dbus less libsrtp mariadb python-dnspython qt6-positioning xcb-proto
dbus-glib libarchive libssh2 mathjax python-fastjsonschema qt6-quick3d xcb-util
dhclient libass libstemmer md4c python-feedparser qt6-quicktimeline xcb-util-cursor
discount libatomic_ops libsysprof-capture media-player-info python-fonttools qt6-scxml xcb-util-image
dnssec-anchors libavif libtar mesa python-html5lib qt6-sensors xcb-util-keysyms
docbook-xml libavtp libtasn1 mesa-utils python-idna qt6-shadertools xcb-util-renderutil
docbook-xsl libb2 libtheora minizip python-ifaddr qt6-speech xcb-util-wm
double-conversion libbpf libtiff mpdecimal python-inflect qt6-svg xdg-utils
dropbox libbs2b libtirpc mtdev python-jaraco.collections qt6-tools xf86-input-libinput
duf libbsd libtommath mujs python-jaraco.context qt6-translations xf86-video-amdgpu
duktape libcaca libtorrent-rasterbar mypaint-brushes1 python-jaraco.functools qt6-virtualkeyboard xf86-video-ati
e2fsprogs libcamera libunibreak ncurses python-jaraco.text qt6-wayland xkeyboard-config
ebook-tools libcamera-ipa libunrar net-snmp python-jeepney qt6-webchannel xmlsec
editorconfig-core-c libcap libunwind nfsidmap python-lxml qt6-webengine xnviewmp
electron31 libcups libupnp ninja python-lxml-html-clean qt6-websockets xorg-fonts-encodings
electron32 libcupsfilters liburing nodejs python-markdown qt6-webview xorgproto
expat libdecor libuv noto-fonts python-mechanize qtkeychain-qt5 xorg-server
faac libdeflate libva noto-fonts-cjk python-more-itertools qtkeychain-qt6 xorg-server-common
fd libdisplay-info libvdpau noto-fonts-emoji python-netifaces rav1e xorg-setxkbmap
file libdmtx libverto ntp python-ordered-set re2 xorg-xauth
flac libdovi libvorbis ocl-icd python-orjson rebuild-detector xorg-xdpyinfo
flex libdrm libvpl opencv4 python-pdftotext ripgrep xorg-xinit
fontconfig libebur128 libvpx openexr python-pillow rpcbind xorg-xinput
foomatic-db libedit libwacom openh264 python-platformdirs rtkit xorg-xkbcomp
foomatic-db-nonfree libei libwebp openjpeg2 python-psutil sane xorg-xkill
foomatic-db-nonfree-ppds libepoxy libwireplumber openmpi python-pyaml sd xorg-xmessage
foomatic-db-ppds libevdev libx11 openpmix python-pycparser sdl2 xorg-xmodmap
fpc libevent libx86emu opensp python-pycryptodome SDL2 xorg-xprop
freeglut libexttextcat libxau openssh python-pycryptodomex serd xorg-xrandr
freetype2 libfabric libxaw openssl python-pydantic sg3_utils xorg-xrdb
fzf libfdk-aac libxcb openucx python-pydantic-core shadow xorg-xset
gc libffi libxcomposite openvpn python-pygments s-nail xorg-xsetroot
gcc libfontenc libxcursor optipng python-pyqt6-sip snappy xorg-xwayland
gcc-libs libgcrypt libxcvt opus python-regex sof-firmware xsettingsd
gd libglvnd libxdamage orc python-reportlab sord xterm
gendesk libgpg-error libxdmcp p11-kit python-setuptools sound-theme-freedesktop xxhash
ghostscript libice libxext pacutils python-shtab spdx xz
giflib libimagequant libxfixes pcre python-six speex yarn
glslang libinih libxfont2 pcre2 python-soupsieve speexdsp zimg
gnupg libinput libxft pcsclite python-termcolor sqlcipher zix
gnutls libisl libxi perl-try-tiny python-tomli sqlite zlib
gperftools libixion libxinerama perl-xml-writer python-typeguard sratom zstd
gpgme libjpeg-turbo libxkbcommon pipewire python-typing_extensions sudo zvbi
graphene libjxl libxkbcommon-x11 pipewire-alsa python-unrardll svt-av1
graphite libkate libxkbfile pipewire-audio python-urllib3 svt-hevc
gsm libldap libxml2 pipewire-jack python-webencodings systemd
gssproxy libmd libxmu pipewire-pulse python-wheel tcl
The license that caught my eye in one of these folders was: blessing.txt. It states:
The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing:
May you do good and not evil.
May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
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