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Be Social License

Version 1, 2 January 2024

Copyright (c) 2024, Lukas Tietenberg, https://sourcefranke.github.io/be_social_license
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this content or software and associated documentation files (the "Product"), to deal in the Product without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Product, and to permit persons to whom the Product is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions.

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Product.

Contributions to the Greater Good

Any entity that wishes to utilize the Product in any form, whether by using, modifying, or distributing it, must contribute to the betterment of humanity, nature, or the developer community in some way. This can be achieved by:

  1. Engaging in acts that benefit humanity or nature, such as blood donation (that includes also donating only components of blood - like thrombocytes or plasma), charitable donations, or other volunteering efforts of any kind.
  2. Contributing to the developer community by sharing knowledge, participating in conferences, meetups, or other community-driven events.
  3. Alternatively, buying the licensor a cup of coffee is also deemed an acceptable contribution.

The contribution made should not necessarily be directly related to the Product or its development, but should aim to create a positive impact in the world or support the developer community.

Redistributing the Product

If you redistribute the Product or parts of it, either with or without modifications, you must license your whole work under this License.
Keep in mind, we all want to increase our positive impact to the world :)


THE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRODUCT OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE PRODUCT.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

How to Apply These Terms to Your Product

You can apply this license to your Product by using a legal notice and a pointer to the full license - like this:

Copyright (C) [year] [name of author]

This Product is free: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
of the Be Social License (Version 1) published under the following link:
https://sourcefranke.github.io/be_social_license