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THIS IS A DRAFT. DO NOT USE AS A LICENSE.
copyleft-next ("this License")
copyleft-next ("this License")
1. Basic Definitions.
"Covered Work" means the Received Work or a Derived Work.
"Derived Work" means a work of authorship that copies from,
modifies, adapts, is based on, contains, transforms or translates
all or part of the Received Work such that copyright permission is
required. Derived Works do not include Mere Aggregation or the mere
making of a verbatim copy of the Received Work.
"Derived Work" means a work of authorship that copies from, modifies,
adapts, is based on, contains, transforms or translates all or part of
the Received Work such that copyright permission is required. Derived
Works do not include Mere Aggregation or the mere making of a verbatim
copy of the Received Work.
"Distribute" means to transfer or make available a copy to someone
else (in the case of an organization, to someone outside of the
"Distribute" means to transfer or make available a copy to someone else
(in the case of an organization, to someone outside of the
organization), such that copyright permission is required.
"Distributor" means Us and anyone else who Distributes a Covered
Work.
"Distributor" means Us and anyone else who Distributes a Covered Work.
"Mere Aggregation" means an aggregation of a Covered Work with a
Separate Work. However, if the license of such an aggregation
restricts users from exercising rights in the Covered Work given by
this License, the aggregation is not Mere Aggregation.
Separate Work. However, if the license of such an aggregation restricts
users from exercising rights in the Covered Work given by this License,
the aggregation is not Mere Aggregation.
"Object Code" means any form of a work that is not Source Code.
"Received Work" means the particular work of authorship We license
to you under this License.
"Received Work" means the particular work of authorship We license to
you under this License.
"Separate Work" means a work that is separate from and independent
of a particular Covered Work and is not by its nature an extension
or enhancement of the Covered Work, and/or a runtime library,
standard library or similar component bundled with a Separate Work
that is used to generate an Object Code form of the Covered Work.
"Separate Work" means a work that is separate from and independent of a
particular Covered Work and is not by its nature an extension or
enhancement of the Covered Work, and/or a runtime library, standard
library or similar component bundled with a Separate Work that is used
to generate an Object Code form of the Covered Work.
"Source Code" means the preferred form of a work for making
modifications to it.
"We"/"Us"/"Our" refers to the individual or organization that places
the Received Work under this License.
"We"/"Us"/"Our" refers to the individual or organization that places the
Received Work under this License.
2. License Grants.
Subject to the terms of this License, We grant you:
Subject to the terms of this License, We grant you:
a. A non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright
license, for the duration of Our copyright in the Received Work,
to make, copy, Distribute, publicly perform and publicly display
license, for the duration of Our copyright in the Received Work, to
make, copy, Distribute, publicly perform and publicly display
Covered Works, in any medium.
b. A non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable patent
license under Licensed Patents to make, have made, use, sell,
offer for sale, import and otherwise transfer Covered
Works. "Licensed Patents" means all patent claims licensable by
Us, now or in the future, that are necessarily infringed by
making, using, or selling the Received Work, but do not include
claims that would be infringed only as a consequence of further
modification of the Received Work.
b. A non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license
under Licensed Patents to make, have made, use, sell, offer for
sale, import and otherwise transfer Covered Works. "Licensed
Patents" means all patent claims licensable by Us, now or in the
future, that are necessarily infringed by making, using, or selling
the Received Work, but do not include claims that would be infringed
only as a consequence of further modification of the Received Work.
This License is not intended to exclude or limit any rights you
have under applicable copyright doctrines of fair use, fair dealing
or other equivalents, and any implied license or other defense to
infringement that may otherwise be available to you under
applicable patent law.
This License is not intended to exclude or limit any rights you have
under applicable copyright doctrines of fair use, fair dealing or other
equivalents, and any implied license or other defense to infringement
that may otherwise be available to you under applicable patent law.
3. No Trademark License.
This License does not grant any rights in Our name, trademarks,
service marks, or logos.
This License does not grant any rights in Our name, trademarks, service
marks, or logos.
4. Proprietary-Relicensing.
If and when We Proprietary-Relicense, now or in the future, you are
not bound by sections 5 through 11 of this License.
"Proprietary-Relicense" means to offer a work that would be a
Covered Work had you prepared it, under a license that fails to
satisfy the Free Software Definition, version 1.111, as published
by the Free Software Foundation ("FSF").
If and when We Proprietary-Relicense, now or in the future, you are not
bound by sections 5 through 11 of this License. "Proprietary-Relicense"
means to offer a work that would be a Covered Work had you prepared it,
under a license that fails to satisfy the Free Software Definition,
version 1.111, as published by the Free Software Foundation ("FSF").
5. Distribution: General Conditions.
You may Distribute Covered Works, provided that you:
You may Distribute Covered Works, provided that you:
a) preserve all legal notices and textual author attributions
contained in the Received Work (in the case of a Derived Work, to
the extent such notices remain pertinent);
the extent such notices remain pertinent);
b) inform recipients how they can obtain a copy of this License; and
c) satisfy the applicable conditions of sections 6 through 9.
6. Distributing Derived Works.
If you Distribute a Derived Work, you must license the entire
Derived Work as a whole under this License, with prominent notice
of such licensing. This condition may not be avoided through such
means as separate Distribution of portions of the Derived Work.
If you Distribute a Derived Work, you must license the entire Derived
Work as a whole under this License, with prominent notice of such
licensing. This condition may not be avoided through such means as
separate Distribution of portions of the Derived Work.
7. Direct Licensing.
When you Distribute a Covered Work, the recipient automatically
receives from Us a license to the Received Work subject to the
terms of this License.
When you Distribute a Covered Work, the recipient automatically
receives from Us a license to the Received Work subject to the terms of
this License.
8. No Further Restrictions.
8.1 You may not impose further restrictions on the exercise of the
rights granted under this License ("Further Restrictions").
8.1 You may not impose further restrictions on the exercise of the rights
granted under this License ("Further Restrictions").
8.2 The preceding condition is not excused merely because Further
Restrictions result from your compliance with conditions or
obligations extrinsic to this License (for example, a court order
or an agreement with a third party).
obligations extrinsic to this License (for example, a court order or
an agreement with a third party).
8.3 Distribution of a Covered Work incorporating material licensed
under the Apache License 2.0 does not impose Further Restrictions.
8.3 Distribution of a Covered Work incorporating material licensed under
the Apache License 2.0 does not impose Further Restrictions.
9. Object Code Distribution.
"Corresponding Source" of a Covered Work means (i) the Source Code
of the Covered Work; (ii) all scripts, instructions and information
known to you necessary for a skilled developer to build, compile,
generate, modify, install and run the Covered Work; (iii) all
relevant interface definition files; (iv) the Source Code of shared
libraries that the Covered Work is specifically designed to
require, such as by intimate data communication or control flow
between those libraries and parts of the Covered Work; and (v) a
list clearly identifying all Separate Works that were used in
building, compiling, generating and installing the Covered Work.
Corresponding Source must be in machine-readable form.
"Corresponding Source" of a Covered Work means (i) the Source Code of
the Covered Work; (ii) all scripts, instructions and information known
to you necessary for a skilled developer to build, compile, generate,
modify, install and run the Covered Work; (iii) all relevant interface
definition files; (iv) the Source Code of shared libraries that the
Covered Work is specifically designed to require, such as by intimate
data communication or control flow between those libraries and parts of
the Covered Work; and (v) a list clearly identifying all Separate Works
that were used in building, compiling, generating and installing the
Covered Work.
You may Distribute a Covered Work in Object Code form, provided
that:
Corresponding Source must be in machine-readable form.
You may Distribute a Covered Work in Object Code form, provided
that:
a) For Object Code Distributed in a physical product or tangible
storage medium ("Product"): you accompany the Product with
either: (i) a durable physical medium customarily used for
software interchange that contains the Corresponding Source, or
(ii) notice of a network location through which the
Corresponding Source is available, for the Minimum Period, under
this License and at no charge. "Minimum Period" means the
longer of (i) two years from the date of your Distribution of
the Covered Work in the Product, or (ii) the period during which
you offer spare parts or customer support for the Product.
storage medium ("Product"): you accompany the Product with either:
(i) a durable physical medium customarily used for software
interchange that contains the Corresponding Source, or (ii) notice
of a network location through which the Corresponding Source is
available, for the Minimum Period, under this License and at no
charge. "Minimum Period" means the longer of (i) two years from the
date of your Distribution of the Covered Work in the Product, or
(ii) the period during which you offer spare parts or customer
support for the Product.
b) For Object Code Distributed from a network location: you
accompany the Object Code with clear directions indicating how
the Corresponding Source may be obtained under this License from
a network location at no further charge and in a reasonably
equivalent manner.
b) For Object Code Distributed from a network location: you accompany
the Object Code with clear directions indicating how the
Corresponding Source may be obtained under this License from a
network location at no further charge and in a reasonably equivalent
manner.
10. Outbound (A)GPL Compatibility.
You may Distribute a Covered Work under one or more of the
following licenses published by the FSF:
You may Distribute a Covered Work under one or more of the following
licenses published by the FSF:
* GNU General Public License, version 2
* GNU Affero General Public License, version 3
* later versions of the foregoing licenses.
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11. Termination.
11.1 If you fail to comply with the conditions of this License, then,
unless you cure such noncompliance within thirty days after
becoming aware of it, your license grants under section 2 are
automatically terminated.
unless you cure such noncompliance within thirty days after becoming
aware of it, your license grants under section 2 are automatically
terminated.
11.2 If you initiate a patent infringement litigation claim (excluding
declaratory judgment actions, counterclaims, and cross-claims)
alleging that any part of the Received Work directly or
indirectly infringes any patent, then your license grants under
section 2 are automatically terminated.
alleging that any part of the Received Work directly or indirectly
infringes any patent, then your license grants under section 2 are
automatically terminated.
11.3 Termination of your rights disqualifies you from receiving new
licenses covering the Received Work, but it does not terminate
the rights of those who have received copies or rights from you
subject to this License.
licenses covering the Received Work, but it does not terminate the
rights of those who have received copies or rights from you subject
to this License.
11.4 Your right to make copies necessarily incident to running Covered
Works shall never be terminated.
12. Later License Versions.
The Copyleft-Next Project may publish new versions of
copyleft-next, designated by a distinguishing version number.
Unless the Received Work explicitly removes the option of
Distributing Covered Works under later published versions of
copyleft-next, you may Distribute Covered Works under any later
version of copyleft-next.
The Copyleft-Next Project may publish new versions of copyleft-next,
designated by a distinguishing version number. Unless the Received Work
explicitly removes the option of Distributing Covered Works under later
published versions of copyleft-next, you may Distribute Covered Works
under any later version of copyleft-next.
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* *
* 13. No Warranty. *
* *
* The Received Work is provided "as-is", without warranty. You bear *
* the risk of using it. To the extent permitted by applicable law, *
* each Distributor excludes the implied warranties of title, *
* merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and *
* non-infringement. *
* *
***************************************************************************
**************************************************************************
* *
* 13. No Warranty. *
* *
* The Received Work is provided "as-is", without warranty. You bear *
* the risk of using it. To the extent permitted by applicable law, *
* each Distributor excludes the implied warranties of title, *
* merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and *
* non-infringement. *
* *
**************************************************************************
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* *
* 14. Limitation of Liability. *
* *
* To the extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will any *
* Distributor be liable to you for any damages whatsoever, whether *
* direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, *
* whether arising under contract, tort (including negligence), or *
* otherwise, even where the Distributor knew or should have known *
* about the possibility of such damages. *
* *
***************************************************************************
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* *
* 14. Limitation of Liability. *
* *
* To the extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will any *
* Distributor be liable to you for any damages whatsoever, whether *
* direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, *
* whether arising under contract, tort (including negligence), or *
* otherwise, even where the Distributor knew or should have known *
* about the possibility of such damages. *
* *
**************************************************************************
15. Severability.
If any provision of this License is invalid or unenforceable under
applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remainder of this License, and reviewing courts shall
reform such provision to the minimum extent necessary to make such
provision valid and enforceable.
If any provision of this License is invalid or unenforceable under
applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
the remainder of this License, and reviewing courts shall reform such
provision to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid
and enforceable.