Merge pull request #9 from jasongrout/cc0

CC0 license

LICENSE.md

@@ -1,61 +1,130 @@
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README.md

@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ The purpose of this repository is to formalize the governance process that the I
 * [Main Governance Document](governance.md)
 * [Current Steering Council and Institutional Partners](people.md)
 * [New Subproject Process](newsubprojects.md)
+
+## License of Governance Documents
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newsubprojects.md

@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ steps will be taken:
    read/write permissions on the Subproject repository.
 3. The team will send an email to the main Jupyter list with an announcement about the new
    Subproject.
-4. The standard Jupyter [LICENSE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyter/governance/master/LICENSE.md) file that
+4. The standard [Project Jupyter LICENSE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyter/governance/master/projectlicense.md) file that
    is maintained in this governance repository will be added to the repository.
 5. Copyright notices in individual files should be updated to the standard form described
-   in our LICENSE files.
+   in our [Project Jupyter License](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyter/governance/master/projectlicense.md).
 
 
 ## Incubation of Subprojects

projectlicense.md

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Licensing terms
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+
+## About the Jupyter Development Team
+
+The Jupyter Development Team is the set of all contributors to the Jupyter project.
+This includes all of the Jupyter Subprojects, which are the different repositories
+under the [jupyter](https://github.com/jupyter/) GitHub organization.
+
+The core team that coordinates development on GitHub can be found here:
+https://github.com/jupyter/.
+
+## Our copyright policy
+
+Jupyter uses a shared copyright model. Each contributor maintains copyright
+over their contributions to Jupyter. But, it is important to note that these
+contributions are typically only changes to the repositories. Thus, the Jupyter
+source code, in its entirety is not the copyright of any single person or
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