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==History==

"POSS" was first used by James Governor, founder of analyst firm RedMonk, who reportedly said <ref>https://twitter.com/monkchips/status/247584170967175169</ref> "Younger devs today are about POSS -- Post open source software. F*** the license and governance, just commit to github".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/github-needs-take-open-source-seriously-208046|title=GitHub needs to take open source seriously|author=Simon Phipps|publisher=Infoworld|date=30 November 2012|accessdate=30 January 2013}}</ref> According to Luis Villa, when even "...the open license ecosystem assumes that sharing can't (or even shouldn't) happen without explicit permission in the form of licenses", developers vote their dissent through POSS.<ref>http://tieguy.org/blog/2013/01/27/taking-post-open-source-seriously-as-a-statement-about-copyright-law/</ref>

==Motivation==

The motivation for a no-license approach varies widely, but is perhaps primarily on account of the overheads involved in maintaining the permission/license regime. It is notable that the well-known Free Culture activist, [[Nina Paley]] released her critically acclaimed film, "Sita Sings the Blues" in a CC0 license (i.e., placed it in public ___domain) in January 2013.<ref>http://blog.ninapaley.com/2013/01/18/ahimsa-sita-sings-the-blues-now-cc-0-public-___domain/</ref>

==References==