An open-source license that ensures resources and credit for the work of FOSS developers is given. 📜 ✒️
This repository contains the "source code" for the Fair Software License. This license was made to ensure that developers of FOSS software have adequate resources and are given credit for the software they build.
When referring to this software license use either of the following abbreviations: FSL v1 or FSL-1.
To include the license in your FOSS project, simply copy and paste the following text into your LICENSE file.
FAIR SOFTWARE LICENSE
Version 1, September 3 2024
Copyright (C) 2024 Alyx Shang <https://alyxshang.boo>
Anyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
A single author or authors of this project permit the following use of this project:
- 1.) Any entity is allowed to redistribute and modify this project.
- 2.) If the project is modified in any way, the original author or original authors must to be credited.
- 3.) Corporate entities ARE NOT permitted to use this project commercially or for patent use.
The following restrictions apply to this project:
- 1.) The original author or original authors are not liable for any warranty claims. Use of the project is at one's own risk.
- 2.) The original author or original authors are not responsible for any consequences resulting from use of this project.
- 3.) Any modified versions of this project or projects making use of this project must use this version of this license.
If you want to download the license file, you can do so with either curl or wget:
# CURl
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alyxshang/fair-software-license/main/LICENSE
# WGET
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alyxshang/fair-software-license/main/LICENSE- Fair Software License 📜 ✒️ by Alyx Shang 🖤
- Licensed under the FSL v1.