The sources disagree. The README shows a CC BY-ND 4.0 badge and says the work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International; the LICENSE.md file contains the legal text of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (no NoDerivatives wording); …
The sources disagree. The README shows a CC BY-ND 4.0 badge and says the work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International; the LICENSE.md file contains the legal text of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (no NoDerivatives wording); and the GitHub API reports the licence as 'Other' with SPDX NOASSERTION [uss README, LICENSE.md, GitHub API JSON saved in evidence/github]. The record therefore leaves all rights as unknown. Under ND, adapted or transformed copies of the spec could not be shared; under BY they could.
Rationale:
Direct comparison of the README licence paragraph with the LICENSE.md heading.
Counterevidence:
None found; no maintainer clarification, issue or commit message about the discrepancy was located.
Uncertainty:
Intent of the maintainers is unknown. The files may have been updated at different times (latest commit 2026-06-13 'Update docs.md').
Sources:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UniversalScheduleStandard/UniversalScheduleStandard/main/README.md
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UniversalScheduleStandard/UniversalScheduleStandard/main/LICENSE.md
- https://github.com/UniversalScheduleStandard/UniversalScheduleStandard
Checked: 2026-10-17
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- [sourced_fact] The sources disagree. The README shows a CC BY-ND 4.0 badge and says the work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International; the LICENSE.md file contains the legal text of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (no NoDerivatives wording); and the GitHub API reports the licence as 'Other' with SPDX NOASSERTION [uss README, LICENSE.md, GitHub API JSON saved in evidence/github]. The record therefore leaves all rights as unknown. Under ND, adapted or transformed copies of the spec could not be shared; under BY they could. source
- [sourced_fact] The sources disagree. The README shows a CC BY-ND 4.0 badge and says the work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International; the LICENSE.md file contains the legal text of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (no NoDerivatives wording); and the GitHub API reports the licence as 'Other' with SPDX NOASSERTION [uss README, LICENSE.md, GitHub API JSON saved in evidence/github]. The record therefore leaves all rights as unknown. Under ND, adapted or transformed copies of the spec could not be shared; under BY they could. source
- [sourced_fact] The sources disagree. The README shows a CC BY-ND 4.0 badge and says the work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International; the LICENSE.md file contains the legal text of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (no NoDerivatives wording); and the GitHub API reports the licence as 'Other' with SPDX NOASSERTION [uss README, LICENSE.md, GitHub API JSON saved in evidence/github]. The record therefore leaves all rights as unknown. Under ND, adapted or transformed copies of the spec could not be shared; under BY they could. source