FAQsHow Can I Apply the Omnilicense to My Own Work?

You can apply the Omnilicense to any kind of work to which you own outright the copyright.

The Omnilicense is a contract between the copyright holders of a work and the recipients of that work. Therefore all copyright holders to a work must agree before the work can be published or distributed under the terms of the Omnilicense.

If patents are in force on the works, then patent holders should also be in agreement that the terms of the Omnilicense can be attached to the works.

To apply the Omnilicense to a work, two criteria must be met:

  • A notice must be applied to the work stating that it is licensed under the terms of the Omnilicense.
  • A notice must be applied to the work declaring the ownership of the copyright on the work.

Since the Omnilicense is an agreement between copyright holders and the recipients of their works, license notices must be accompanied by copyright notices.

How license and copyright notices should be applied to a work will vary depending on the type of media being licensed. The only requirement is that license and copyright notices be clearly accessible by the recipients of the licensed works.

It is recommended that a fully copy of the Omnilicense text be included with all licensed works. But this is not mandatory.