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diff --git a/licenses/FFSL b/licenses/FFSL new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c0e3c8590 --- /dev/null +++ b/licenses/FFSL @@ -0,0 +1,261 @@ + Floodgap Free Software License + + The author of your software has chosen to distribute it under the + Floodgap Free Software License. Although this software is without cost, + it is not released under Copyleft or GPL, and there are differences + which you should read. Your use of this software package constitutes + your binding acceptance without restriction. + + This software is without cost + + The Floodgap Free Software License (FFSL) has one overriding mandate: + that software using it, or derivative works based on software that uses + it, must be free. By free we mean simply "free as in beer" -- you may + put your work into open or closed source packages as you see fit, + whether or not you choose to release your changes or updates publicly, + but you must not ask any fee for it. 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