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BSD Protection License
https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-Protection.json
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/BSD_Protection_License
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(( BSD Protection License

February 2002))??

(( Preamble

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The Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD") license has proven very effective
over the years at allowing for a wide spread of work throughout both commercial
and non-commercial products. For programmers whose primary intention is to
improve the general quality of available software, it is arguable that there is
no better license than the BSD license, as it permits improvements to be used
wherever they will help, without idealogical or metallic constraint.

This is of particular value to those who produce reference implementations of
proposed standards: The case of TCP/IP clearly illustrates that freely and
universally available implementations leads the rapid acceptance of standards --
often even being used instead of a de jure standard (eg, OSI network models).

With the rapid proliferation of software licensed under the GNU General Public
License, however, the continued success of this role is called into question.
Given that the inclusion of a few lines of "GPL-tainted" work into a larger body
of work will result in restricted distribution -- and given that further work
will likely build upon the "tainted" portions, making them difficult to remove
at a future date -- there are inevitable circumstances where authors would, in
order to protect their goal of providing for the widespread usage of their work,
wish to guard against such "GPL-taint".

In addition, one can imagine that companies which operate by producing and
selling (possibly closed-source) code would wish to protect themselves against
the rise of a GPL-licensed competitor. While under existing licenses this would
mean not releasing their code under any form of open license, if a license
existed under which they could incorporate any improvements back into their own
(commercial) products then they might be far more willing to provide for
non-closed distribution.

For the above reasons, we put forth this "BSD Protection License": A license
designed to retain the freedom granted by the BSD license to use licensed works
in a wide variety of settings, both non-commercial and commercial, while
protecting the work from having future contributors restrict that freedom.

The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution, and modification
follow.))??


BSD PROTECTION LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION, AND
MODIFICATION
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   __1__ Definitions.

      __1__ "Program", below, refers to any program or work distributed under
      the terms of this license.

      __1__ A "work based on the Program", below, refers to either the Program
      or any derivative work under copyright law.

      __1__ "Modification", below, refers to the act of creating derivative
      works.

      __1__ "You", below, refers to each licensee.

   __1__ Scope.

   This license governs the copying, distribution, and modification of the
   Program. Other activities are outside the scope of this license; The act of
   running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is
   covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program.

   __1__ Verbatim copies.

   You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program as you receive it,
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   You may modify your copy or copies of the Program, and distribute the
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      __1__ The copyright notice and disclaimer on the Program must be
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      marked as such and instructions are included on where the full details of
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      __1__ You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
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   __1__ Implied acceptance.

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EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE
THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
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