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diff --git a/licenses/DSL b/licenses/DSL new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d9158afac --- /dev/null +++ b/licenses/DSL @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ +DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE + +TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION + +Copyright © 1999-2001 Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org> +Verbatim copying of this document is permitted, in any medium. + +0. PREAMBLE. + +Copyright law gives certain exclusive rights to the author of a work, +including the rights to copy, modify and distribute the work (the +"reproductive," "adaptative," and "distribution" rights). + +The idea of "copyleft" is to willfully revoke the exclusivity of those +rights under certain terms and conditions, so that anyone can copy and +distribute the work or properly attributed derivative works, while all +copies remain under the same terms and conditions as the original. + +The intent of this license is to be a general "copyleft" that can be +applied to any kind of work that has protection under copyright. 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