G/Polyform-Licenses/Sec/CommonLibrary.md

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Common Library of PolyForm Project license agreements
Subject-Oriented Organization of Sections

Acceptance
In order to get any license under these terms, You must agree to them as both strict obligations and conditions to all Your Licenses.
License.
1. License.Copyright.
  1. Copyright License
    The Licensor grants You a copyright license for the Software to do everything You might do with the Software that would otherwise infringe the Licensor's copyright in it for any permitted purpose. However, You may only make changes or new works based on the software according to Changes and New Works License, and You may not distribute copies of the Software.
  2. Copyright License
    The Licensor grants You a copyright license for the Software to do everything You might do with the Software that would otherwise infringe the Licensor's copyright in it for any permitted purpose. However, You may only distribute the Software according to Distribution License and make changes or new works based on the Software according to Changes and New Works License.
  3. Copyright License
    The Licensor grants You a copyright license for the Software to do everything You might do with the Software that would otherwise infringe the Licensor's copyright in it for any permitted purpose, other than distributing the Software or making changes or new works based on the Software.
2. Changes and New Works License
  The Licensor grants You an additional copyright license to make changes and new works based on the Software for any permitted purpose.
3. Patent License
  The Licensor grants You a patent license for the Software that covers patent claims the Licensor can license, or becomes able to license, that You would infringe by using the Software.
4. Fair Use
  You may have "fair use" rights for the Software under the law. These terms do not limit them.
5. Free Trial
  Use to evaluate whether the Software suits a particular application for less than 32 consecutive calendar days, on behalf of You or Your Company, is Use for a permitted purpose.
6. Distribution License
  The Licensor grants You an additional copyright license to distribute copies of the Software. Your License to distribute covers distributing the Software with changes and new works permitted by Changes and New Works License.
7. Internal Business Use
  Use of the Software for the internal business operations of You and Your Company is Use for a permitted purpose.
8. Small Business
  Use of the Software for the benefit of Your Company is use for a permitted purpose if Your Company has fewer than 100 total individuals working as employees and independent contractors, and less than 1,000,000 USD (2019) total revenue in the prior tax year. Adjust this revenue threshold for inflation according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for all items, not seasonally adjusted, with 1982–1984=100 reference base.
9. No Other Rights
  These terms do not allow You to sublicense or transfer any of Your Licenses to anyone else, or prevent the Licensor from granting licenses to anyone else. These terms do not imply any other licenses.
10. License.Termination.
  1. Patent Defense
    If You make any written claim that the Software infringes or contributes to infringement of any patent, Your patent license for the Software granted under these terms ends immediately. If Your Company makes such a claim, Your patent license ends immediately for work on behalf of Your Company.
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No Liability
As far as the law allows, the Software comes as is, without any warranty or condition, and the Licensor will not be liable to You for any damages arising out of these terms or the use or nature of the Software, under any kind of legal claim.
Purpose.
1. Noncommercial Purposes
  Any noncommercial purpose is a permitted purpose.
2. Personal Uses
  Personal Use for research, experiment, and testing for the benefit of public knowledge, personal study, private entertainment, hobby projects, amateur pursuits, or religious observance, without any anticipated commercial application, is Use for a permitted purpose.
3. Noncommercial Organizations
  Use by any charitable organization, educational institution, public research organization, public safety or health organization, environmental protection organization, or government institution is Use for a permitted purpose regardless of the source of funding or obligations resulting from the funding.
4. Noncompete
  Any purpose is a permitted purpose, except for providing to others any Product that competes with the Software.
5. Noncompete
  Any purpose is a permitted purpose, except for providing any Product that competes with the Software or any Product the Licensor or any of its Affiliates provides using the Software.
Compete.
1. Compete.Def.
  1. Competition
    Goods and services compete even when they provide functionality through different kinds of interfaces or for different technical platforms. Applications can compete with services, libraries with plugins, frameworks with development tools, and so on, even if they're written in different programming languages or for different computer architectures. Goods and services compete even when provided free of charge. If You market a Product as a practical substitute for the Software or another Product, it definitely competes.
  2. Competition
    If you Use this Software to market a Product as a substitute for the functionality or value of the Software, it competes with the Software. A Product may compete regardless how it is designed or deployed. For example, a Product may compete even if it provides its functionality via any kind of interface (including services, libraries or plug-ins), even if it is ported to a different platforms or programming languages, and even if it is provided free of charge.
2. New Products
  If You are using the Software to provide a Product that does not compete, but the Licensor or any of its Affiliates brings Your Product into competition by providing a new version of the Software or another Product using the Software, You may continue using versions of the Software available under these terms beforehand to provide Your competing Product, but not any later versions.
3. Discontinued Products
  You may begin using the Software to compete with a Product or service that the Licensor or any of its Affiliates has stopped providing, unless the Licensor includes a plain-text line beginning with `Licensor Line of Business:` with the Software that mentions that line of business. For example:
  > Licensor Line of Business: YoyodyneCMS Content Management System (http://example.com/cms)
4. Sales of Business
  If the Licensor or any of its Affiliates sells a line of business developing the Software or using the Software to provide a Product, the buyer can also enforce [Noncompete](#noncompete) for that Product.
Def.
1. Def.Base.
  1. The Licensor is the individual or entity offering these terms.
  2. Software is the software the Licensor makes available under these terms.
  3. You refers to the individual or entity agreeing to these terms.
  4. Your Company is any legal entity, sole proprietorship, or other kind of organization that You work for, plus all its Affiliates.
  5. Affiliates means the other organizations than an organization has Control over, is under the Control of, or is under common Control with.
  6. Control means ownership of substantially all the assets of an entity, or the power to direct its management and policies by vote, contract, or otherwise. Control can be direct or indirect.
  7. Your Licenses are all the licenses granted to You for the Software under these terms.
  8. Use means anything you do with the Software requiring one of your licenses.
2. Def.BaseAndProduct.
  1. The Licensor is the individual or entity offering these terms.
  2. Software is the software the Licensor makes available under these terms.
  3. A Product can be a good or service, or a combination of them.
  4. You refers to the individual or entity agreeing to these terms.
  5. Your Company is any legal entity, sole proprietorship, or other kind of organization that You work for, plus all its Affiliates.
  6. Affiliates means the other organizations than an organization has Control over, is under the Control of, or is under common Control with.
  7. Control means ownership of substantially all the assets of an entity, or the power to direct its management and policies by vote, contract, or otherwise. Control can be direct or indirect.
  8. Your Licenses are all the licenses granted to You for the Software under these terms.
  9. Use means anything you do with the Software requiring one of your licenses.