# PolyForm Shield License 1.0.0 | = | |
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## Acceptance | = | |
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In order to get any license under these terms, you must agree | = | |
to them as both strict obligations and conditions to all | = | |
your licenses. | = | |
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## Copyright License | = | |
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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](#distribution-license) and make changes or new works | = | |
based on the software according to [Changes and New Works | = | |
License](#changes-and-new-works-license). | = | |
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## Distribution License | = | |
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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](#changes-and-new-works-license). | = | |
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## Notices | = | |
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You must ensure that anyone who gets a copy of any part of | = | |
the software from you also gets a copy of these terms or the | = | |
URL for them above, as well as copies of any plain-text lines | = | |
beginning with `Required Notice:` that the licensor provided | = | |
with the software. For example: | = | |
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Required Notice: Copyright Yoyodyne, Inc. (http://example.com)>> Required Notice: Copyright Yoyodyne, Inc. (http://example.com) | = | |
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## Changes and New Works License | = | |
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The licensor grants you an additional copyright license to | = | |
make changes and new works based on the software for any | = | |
permitted purpose. | = | |
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## Patent License | = | |
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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. | = | |
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## Noncompete | = | |
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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. | = | |
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## Competition | = | |
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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. | = | |
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## New Products | = | |
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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. | = | |
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## Discontinued Products | = | |
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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: | = | |
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Licensor Line of Business: YoyodyneCMS Content Management>> Licensor Line of Business: YoyodyneCMS Content Management | = | |
System (http://example.com/cms) | = | |
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## Sales of Business | = | |
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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. | = | |
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## Fair Use | = | |
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You may have "fair use" rights for the software under the | = | |
law. These terms do not limit them. | = | |
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## No Other Rights | = | |
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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. | = | |
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## Patent Defense | = | |
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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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## Violations | = | |
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The first time you are notified in writing that you have | = | |
violated any of these terms, or done anything with the software | = | |
not covered by your licenses, your licenses can nonetheless | = | |
continue if you come into full compliance with these terms, | = | |
and take practical steps to correct past violations, within | = | |
32 days of receiving notice. Otherwise, all your licenses | = | |
end immediately. | = | |
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## No Liability | = | |
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***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.*** | = | |
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## Definitions | = | |
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The **licensor** is the individual or entity offering these | = | |
terms, and the **software** is the software the licensor makes | = | |
available under these terms. | = | |
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A **product** can be a good or service, or a combination | = | |
of them. | = | |
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**You** refers to the individual or entity agreeing to these | = | |
terms. | = | |
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**Your company** is any legal entity, sole proprietorship, | = | |
or other kind of organization that you work for, plus all | = | |
its affiliates. | = | |
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**Affiliates** means the other organizations than an | = | |
organization has control over, is under the control of, or is | = | |
under common control with. | = | |
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**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. | = | |
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**Your licenses** are all the licenses granted to you for the | = | |
software under these terms. | = | |
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**Use** means anything you do with the software requiring one | = | |
of your licenses. | = | |
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