What we need is effectively CC0 minus the patent exclusion, plus the patent grant of the Apache License 2.0. But it really ought to be drafted by professionals

What we need is effectively CC0 minus the patent exclusion, plus the patent grant of the Apache License 2.0. But it really ought to be drafted by professionals, and vetted by the wider community. None of this amateurish "crayon license" foolishness. Creative Commons probably isn't interested. Their patent language was surely deliberate.