# PolyForm Small Business 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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## 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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## Small Business | = | |
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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. |
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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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**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 | = | |
organizations that have control over, are under the control of, | = | |
or are under common control with that organization. **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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