LICENSE

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1 This software is distributed under an ANTI-ABUSE LICENSE (aka. *bollocks
2 to copyright and distributions* license), and without any warranty whatsoever.
3 If you redistribute this software as part of a larger collection, distribution,
4 or suite of software, you must do one of the following:
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6 (a) Always redistribute the **unmodified** and **latest** version provided 2 # Anti-abuse license
7 by the lead author. If the lead author releases a new version (on a specific 3
8 branch, such as 'stable' or 'development'), you must promptly make that new 4 ## Rationale
9 version the default version offered to your users (on that specific branch). 5
6 The purpose of this license is to give end-users and developers maximal
7 freedom to use this software while preventing the authors from being
8 abused by powerful middle-men that repackage software for convenient
9 installation by users. Such potentially abusive middle-men include in
10 particular Linux distributions and similar centralising software
11 distribution schemes developed for other operating systems.
12 The ethos of this license is *bollocks to copyright and distributions!*
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14 ## Rules
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16 This software is distributed without any warranty whatsoever.
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18 If you redistribute modified versions of this software to the public,
19 you must clearly mark them as modified.
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21 If you redistribute this software to the public as part of a large
22 collection of software with the purpose of providing end-users with
23 a convenient installation method, you must do one of the following:
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25 (a) Always redistribute the **unmodified** and **latest** version
26 provided by the authors. If the lead author releases a new version (on a
27 specific branch, such as 'stable' or 'development'), you must promptly
28 make that new version the default version offered to your users (on
29 that specific branch).
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11 (b) Rename the software, and make it obvious that your modified or obsolete 31 (b) Rename the software, and make it obvious that your modified or obsolete
12 software is in no way connected to the lead author of the original software. 32 software is in no way connected to the authors of the original software.
13 The users of your version should under no circumstances be under the 33 The users of your version should under no circumstances be under the
14 illusion that they can contact the lead author or any of the authors of the 34 illusion that they can contact the lead author or any of the authors
15 original software if they have any complaints or queries. 35 of the original software if they have any complaints or queries.
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17 (c) Do not in any way directly expose this software to your users. 37 (c) Do not in any way directly expose this software to your users.
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19 Otherwise, do whatever you want with this software. In particular, you may 39 Otherwise, do whatever you want with this software. In particular, you may
20 freely use code snippets in other projects. 40 freely use the software as part of other projects, and redistribute to
21 41 the public archival copies of the software (as long as your archive cannot
42 be considered a “convenient installation method” that will be governed by
43 the rules above).

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