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Add ANTI-ABUSE LICENSE
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:37:47 +0200
- author
- Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov@iki.fi>
- date
- Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:37:47 +0200
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Add ANTI-ABUSE LICENSE
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/LICENSE Wed Dec 15 10:37:47 2021 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + +# Anti-abuse license + +## Rationale + +The purpose of this license is to give end-users and developers maximal +freedom to use this software while preventing the authors from being +abused by powerful middle-men that repackage software for convenient +installation by users. Such potentially abusive middle-men include in +particular Linux distributions and similar centralising software +distribution schemes developed for other operating systems. +The ethos of this license is *bollocks to copyright and distributions!* + +## Rules + +This software is distributed without any warranty whatsoever. + +If you redistribute modified versions of this software to the public, +you must clearly mark them as modified. + +If you redistribute this software to the public as part of a large +collection of software with the purpose of providing end-users with +a convenient installation method, you must do one of the following: + +(a) Always redistribute the **unmodified** and **latest** version +provided by the authors. If the lead author releases a new version (on a +specific branch, such as 'stable' or 'development'), you must promptly +make that new version the default version offered to your users (on +that specific branch). + +(b) Rename the software, and make it obvious that your modified or obsolete +software is in no way connected to the authors of the original software. +The users of your version should under no circumstances be under the +illusion that they can contact the lead author or any of the authors +of the original software if they have any complaints or queries. + +(c) Do not in any way directly expose this software to your users. + +Otherwise, do whatever you want with this software. In particular, you may +freely use the software as part of other projects, and redistribute to +the public archival copies of the software (as long as your archive cannot +be considered a “convenient installation method” that will be governed by +the rules above).
