Yzena Copyleft License

https://yzena.com/yzena-copyleft-license

Version 0.1

This license is a draft. Do not use.

Purpose

This license gives users as much permission to work with this software as possible, while protecting contributors from liability and ensuring that anyone who distributes this software publishes their changes.

Acceptance

In order to receive this license, you must agree to its rules. For the avoidance of doubt, the rules of this license constitute a contract between you and contributors, as well as any recipient. This means that those rules are obligations under that contract and conditions to your license. You must not do anything with this software that triggers a rule that you cannot or will not follow.

Source Code

In this license, the phrase “source code” includes the original copyrighted material of any software.

This Software

In this license, the phrase “this software” includes executable software and the source code licensed under this license. It also includes the output of any execution of any algorithm or other software that uses all or part of this software as all or part of its input, but only if the output itself is software or source code, including, without limitation, code snippets.

Combined Software

In this license, the phrase “combined software” means any piece of software which results from combining this software with any part of any other software into one piece of software.

Recipient

In this license, the word “recipient” means any person or entity that received this software or the combined software from you, directly or indirectly.

Provided that you follow the rules of this license, each contributor licenses you to do everything with this software that would otherwise infringe that contributor’s copyright in it.

Compatibility

This software can be relicensed under all later versions of this license, the Yzena Access License 0.1 or later, or the Yzena Viral License 0.1 or later.

Distribution

If you wish to make any part of this software or of the combined software available for public use, including if you made any changes to the source code, you must provide the source code for the software or the combined software as applicable, and you must do so under this license or any of the licenses described in the Compatibility section of this license. However, this rule need not apply to the rest of any software for which this software is only a part, including any parts of the software that this software needs.

Notices

You must ensure that everyone who gets a copy of any part of this software from you also gets the text of this license.

Credits

If the source code includes a file named CREDITS.md or NOTICE.md or similar file, regardless of file-type, which indicates an intent to convey attribution to the contributors, then you must ensure that everyone who gets a copy of any part of this software from you, with or without changes, also gets the verbatim text of that file.

Trademarks

This license does not grant you any rights to the names, trademarks, service marks, or logos of Yzena, LLC, its affiliates, or any contributors to this software. You may use the name “Yzena” solely to reproduce copies of this license as this license requires.

Litigation

You cannot initiate any litigation claiming that this software infringes any patent, directly or indirectly.

Non-Interference

You must allow, and make it possible, for anyone to modify this software and use the modified version, including modifying any product that this software is a part of.

Excuse

If any contributor or recipient notifies you in writing that you have not complied with Distribution, Notices, Credits, Trademarks, and/or Litigation sections, either a single section or any combination of them, you can keep your license by taking all practical steps to comply within 30 days after the notice. If you do not comply within 30 days after the notice, your license ends immediately after those 30 days and you will immediately stop using this software.

Patent

Each contributor licenses you to do everything with this software that would otherwise infringe any patent claims they can license or become able to license.

Reliability

No contributor or recipient can revoke this license from you unless you do not follow its rules.

No Liability

This software comes “AS IS,” without any warranty or condition, and no contributor will be liable to anyone for any damages related to this software or this license, under any kind of legal claim. You must indemnify and hold all contributors to this software harmless against any and all liability, loss, damages, costs, and expenses which you may incur, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and costs, which you may be required to directly pay, by reason of error or omission by any contributor which directly or indirectly results in any liability, loss or damages to you.

No Duty

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this license creates a fiduciary duty or any other type of legal obligation for the contributors which is not explicitly stated in this license. By using this software you agree that no contributor to this software owes you any type of ongoing duty or legal obligation with respect to this license or this software. If an applicable government law or regulation, or a ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction, were to make any part of the No Liability or No Duty sections of this license unenforceable in relation to this software for any reason, then this license will terminate as of the effective date of such law, regulation or court ruling and you will stop using this software at that time.

No Relationship

This license does not establish, nor imply, any relationship, business or otherwise, between you and any contributor. You must not claim that it does.