1 Valid-License-Identifier: copyleft-next-0.3.1
2 SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/copyleft-next-0.3.1
3 Usage-Guide:
4 copyleft-next-0.3.1 is explicitly compatible with GPLv2 (or later) and
5 can therefore be used for kernel code. Though the best and recommended
6 practice is to express this in the SPDX license identifier by
7 licensing the code under both licenses expressed by the OR operator.
8 To use the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license put the following SPDX tag/value
9 pair into a comment according to the placement guidelines in the
10 licensing rules documentation:
11 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR copyleft-next 0.3.1
12 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR copyleft-next-0.3.1
13 License-Text:
14
15 =======================================================================
16
17 copyleft-next 0.3.1 ("this License")
18 Release date: 2016-04-29
19
20 1. License Grants; No Trademark License
21
22 Subject to the terms of this License, I grant You:
23
24 a) A non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable
25 copyright license, to reproduce, Distribute, prepare derivative works
26 of, publicly perform and publicly display My Work.
27
28 b) A non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable
29 patent license under Licensed Patents to make, have made, use, sell,
30 offer for sale, and import Covered Works.
31
32 This License does not grant any rights in My name, trademarks, service
33 marks, or logos.
34
35 2. Distribution: General Conditions
36
37 You may Distribute Covered Works, provided that You (i) inform
38 recipients how they can obtain a copy of this License; (ii) satisfy the
39 applicable conditions of sections 3 through 6; and (iii) preserve all
40 Legal Notices contained in My Work (to the extent they remain
41 pertinent). "Legal Notices" means copyright notices, license notices,
42 license texts, and author attributions, but does not include logos,
43 other graphical images, trademarks or trademark legends.
44
45 3. Conditions for Distributing Derived Works; Outbound GPL Compatibility
46
47 If You Distribute a Derived Work, You must license the entire Derived
48 Work as a whole under this License, with prominent notice of such
49 licensing. This condition may not be avoided through such means as
50 separate Distribution of portions of the Derived Work.
51
52 If the Derived Work includes material licensed under the GPL, You may
53 instead license the Derived Work under the GPL.
54
55 4. Condition Against Further Restrictions; Inbound License Compatibility
56
57 When Distributing a Covered Work, You may not impose further
58 restrictions on the exercise of rights in the Covered Work granted under
59 this License. This condition is not excused merely because such
60 restrictions result from Your compliance with conditions or obligations
61 extrinsic to this License (such as a court order or an agreement with a
62 third party).
63
64 However, You may Distribute a Covered Work incorporating material
65 governed by a license that is both OSI-Approved and FSF-Free as of the
66 release date of this License, provided that compliance with such
67 other license would not conflict with any conditions stated in other
68 sections of this License.
69
70 5. Conditions for Distributing Object Code
71
72 You may Distribute an Object Code form of a Covered Work, provided that
73 you accompany the Object Code with a URL through which the Corresponding
74 Source is made available, at no charge, by some standard or customary
75 means of providing network access to source code.
76
77 If you Distribute the Object Code in a physical product or tangible
78 storage medium ("Product"), the Corresponding Source must be available
79 through such URL for two years from the date of Your most recent
80 Distribution of the Object Code in the Product. However, if the Product
81 itself contains or is accompanied by the Corresponding Source (made
82 available in a customarily accessible manner), You need not also comply
83 with the first paragraph of this section.
84
85 Each direct and indirect recipient of the Covered Work from You is an
86 intended third-party beneficiary of this License solely as to this
87 section 5, with the right to enforce its terms.
88
89 6. Symmetrical Licensing Condition for Upstream Contributions
90
91 If You Distribute a work to Me specifically for inclusion in or
92 modification of a Covered Work (a "Patch"), and no explicit licensing
93 terms apply to the Patch, You license the Patch under this License, to
94 the extent of Your copyright in the Patch. This condition does not
95 negate the other conditions of this License, if applicable to the Patch.
96
97 7. Nullification of Copyleft/Proprietary Dual Licensing
98
99 If I offer to license, for a fee, a Covered Work under terms other than
100 a license that is OSI-Approved or FSF-Free as of the release date of this
101 License or a numbered version of copyleft-next released by the
102 Copyleft-Next Project, then the license I grant You under section 1 is no
103 longer subject to the conditions in sections 3 through 5.
104
105 8. Copyleft Sunset
106
107 The conditions in sections 3 through 5 no longer apply once fifteen
108 years have elapsed from the date of My first Distribution of My Work
109 under this License.
110
111 9. Pass-Through
112
113 When You Distribute a Covered Work, the recipient automatically receives
114 a license to My Work from Me, subject to the terms of this License.
115
116 10. Termination
117
118 Your license grants under section 1 are automatically terminated if You
119
120 a) fail to comply with the conditions of this License, unless You cure
121 such noncompliance within thirty days after becoming aware of it, or
122
123 b) initiate a patent infringement litigation claim (excluding
124 declaratory judgment actions, counterclaims, and cross-claims)
125 alleging that any part of My Work directly or indirectly infringes
126 any patent.
127
128 Termination of Your license grants extends to all copies of Covered
129 Works You subsequently obtain. Termination does not terminate the
130 rights of those who have received copies or rights from You subject to
131 this License.
132
133 To the extent permission to make copies of a Covered Work is necessary
134 merely for running it, such permission is not terminable.
135
136 11. Later License Versions
137
138 The Copyleft-Next Project may release new versions of copyleft-next,
139 designated by a distinguishing version number ("Later Versions").
140 Unless I explicitly remove the option of Distributing Covered Works
141 under Later Versions, You may Distribute Covered Works under any Later
142 Version.
143
144 ** 12. No Warranty **
145 ** **
146 ** My Work is provided "as-is", without warranty. You bear the risk **
147 ** of using it. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each **
148 ** Distributor of My Work excludes the implied warranties of title, **
149 ** merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and **
150 ** non-infringement. **
151
152 ** 13. Limitation of Liability **
153 ** **
154 ** To the extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will any **
155 ** Distributor of My Work be liable to You for any damages **
156 ** whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, special, incidental, or **
157 ** consequential damages, whether arising under contract, tort **
158 ** (including negligence), or otherwise, even where the Distributor **
159 ** knew or should have known about the possibility of such damages. **
160
161 14. Severability
162
163 The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this License
164 does not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of
165 this License. Such provision is to be reformed to the minimum extent
166 necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
167
168 15. Definitions
169
170 "Copyleft-Next Project" means the project that maintains the source
171 code repository at <https://github.com/copyleft-next/copyleft-next.git/>
172 as of the release date of this License.
173
174 "Corresponding Source" of a Covered Work in Object Code form means (i)
175 the Source Code form of the Covered Work; (ii) all scripts,
176 instructions and similar information that are reasonably necessary for
177 a skilled developer to generate such Object Code from the Source Code
178 provided under (i); and (iii) a list clearly identifying all Separate
179 Works (other than those provided in compliance with (ii)) that were
180 specifically used in building and (if applicable) installing the
181 Covered Work (for example, a specified proprietary compiler including
182 its version number). Corresponding Source must be machine-readable.
183
184 "Covered Work" means My Work or a Derived Work.
185
186 "Derived Work" means a work of authorship that copies from, modifies,
187 adapts, is based on, is a derivative work of, transforms, translates or
188 contains all or part of My Work, such that copyright permission is
189 required. The following are not Derived Works: (i) Mere Aggregation;
190 (ii) a mere reproduction of My Work; and (iii) if My Work fails to
191 explicitly state an expectation otherwise, a work that merely makes
192 reference to My Work.
193
194 "Distribute" means to distribute, transfer or make a copy available to
195 someone else, such that copyright permission is required.
196
197 "Distributor" means Me and anyone else who Distributes a Covered Work.
198
199 "FSF-Free" means classified as 'free' by the Free Software Foundation.
200
201 "GPL" means a version of the GNU General Public License or the GNU
202 Affero General Public License.
203
204 "I"/"Me"/"My" refers to the individual or legal entity that places My
205 Work under this License. "You"/"Your" refers to the individual or legal
206 entity exercising rights in My Work under this License. A legal entity
207 includes each entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under
208 common control with such legal entity. "Control" means (a) the power to
209 direct the actions of such legal entity, whether by contract or
210 otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than fifty percent of the
211 outstanding shares or beneficial ownership of such legal entity.
212
213 "Licensed Patents" means all patent claims licensable royalty-free by
214 Me, now or in the future, that are necessarily infringed by making,
215 using, or selling My Work, and excludes claims that would be infringed
216 only as a consequence of further modification of My Work.
217
218 "Mere Aggregation" means an aggregation of a Covered Work with a
219 Separate Work.
220
221 "My Work" means the particular work of authorship I license to You
222 under this License.
223
224 "Object Code" means any form of a work that is not Source Code.
225
226 "OSI-Approved" means approved as 'Open Source' by the Open Source
227 Initiative.
228
229 "Separate Work" means a work that is separate from and independent of a
230 particular Covered Work and is not by its nature an extension or
231 enhancement of the Covered Work, and/or a runtime library, standard
232 library or similar component that is used to generate an Object Code
233 form of a Covered Work.
234
235 "Source Code" means the preferred form of a work for making
236 modifications to it.
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