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Terms of the Michael Warren Free Software License, v1.1:

Definitions:

  • In the following document, the terms "Michael Warren FSL" and "FSL" both refer to the Michael Warren Free Software License, i.e. the document you are reading right now.

  • In the following document, the term "Micheal Warren" refers to the author of this document and the owner of the PsychoCod3r account on Github.

  • In the following document, the term "FSL-licensed software" refers to software released under the Michael Warren FSL.

  • In the following document, the term "FSL-derived software" refers to any software derived from software released under the FSL.

  • In the following document, the term "FSL software" refers to either FSL-licensed software or FSL-derived software.

  • In the following document, the term "non-FSL software" refers to software not released under the Michael Warren FSL.

  • In the following document, the term "author" refers to the individual or legal entity under whose name a given piece of FSL-licensed software is released.

  • In the following document, the term "contributor" refers to any individual or legal entity who was an author of a given piece of FSL-licensed software or any piece of FSL software that that software was derived from, either directly or indirectly.

  • In the following document, the terms "telemetry" and "surveillance" refer to any method of covertly collecting any data on any individual using a piece of FSL software unless such data was explicitly and intentionally provided by that individual.

Sections:

  1. This document is a binding legal contract between all parties involved in the production, modification, distribution, redistribution, or use of any software released under the terms of this license, or in the combination of FSL-licensed software with other software, or in the production, modification, distribution, redistribution, combination, or use of any software derived from FSL-licensed software. Anyone who creates, modifies, distributes, redistributes, uses, or combines any such software implicitly agrees to the terms of this contract in doing so.

  2. All software released under the Micheal Warren FSL is provided AS IS with absolutely no warranty, not even the implied warranty of fitness for a particular application. Neither Michael Warren nor any author or contributor to any FSL-licensed software may be held responsible for any damages that may result from use or misuse of FSL-licensed software. An FSL contributor may provide a warranty, technical support, or additional guarantees on top of the initial agreement, but no warranty or liability is implied unless the contributor explicitly provides for it.

  3. All software released under the Michael Warren FSL is open source. The source code does not have to be provided with the software, but it does have to be made publicly available and easily accessible. Additionally, this license prohibits any use of intentional obfuscation techniques designed to prevent reverse-engineering of FSL software.

  4. This license prohibits any use of telemetry or surveillance for any purpose - commercial, legal, or otherwise. Additionally, all contributors, authors, and users of FSL software must know that if any entity attempts to pressure them to install backdoors or other surveillance techniques in FSL software, then they are legally required to refuse such demands, and any compliance with such demands amounts to breach of contract.

  5. Anyone who modifies or rereleases a piece of FSL software must give credit to any previous authors or contributors to that software whenever possible. All information regarding the identities of those who contributed must be preserved, unless such information includes personally identifiable information (PII) that could be used to inflict harm on one or more of those individuals. In essence, the entire chain of custody of the software must be preserved.

  6. FSL software may be combined with non-FSL software under certain conditions, which will be detailed in the following paragraph. If such combination occurs, then only the FSL-licensed or FSL-derived portion of the product is affected by the terms of this license. FSL-licensed software may be combined with closed-source software, as long as the source code for the FSL-licensed portion is made public. However, FSL software may not under any circumstances be combined with software that violates Section 4 of this license.

  7. Michael Warren has final say on any confusions that may arise regarding the interpretation of any clause of the present document. Furthermore, Michael Warren reserves the right to modify this document at any time, without notice, in order to deal with any unanticipated legal or other issues that may arise with regards to this license or any software released under its terms.

Note: Software derived from FSL-licensed software and released under a different license or a closed-source license is bound by Sections 4, 5, and 6 of the FSL but not by Sections 2 and 3.