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1 | | -MIT License |
| 1 | +Open BSV License Version 5 – granted by BSV Association, Grafenauweg 6, 6300 |
| 2 | +Zug, Switzerland (CHE-427.008.338) ("Licensor"), to you as a user (henceforth |
| 3 | +"You", "User" or "Licensee"). |
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3 | | -Copyright (c) 2021 @MrZ1836 |
| 5 | +For the purposes of this license, the definitions below have the following |
| 6 | +meanings: |
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5 | | -Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy |
6 | | -of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal |
7 | | -in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights |
8 | | -to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell |
9 | | -copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is |
10 | | -furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: |
| 8 | +"Bitcoin Protocol" means the protocol implementation, cryptographic rules, |
| 9 | +network protocols, and consensus mechanisms in the Bitcoin White Paper as |
| 10 | +described here https://protocol.bsvblockchain.org. |
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12 | | -The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all |
| 12 | +"Bitcoin White Paper" means the paper entitled 'Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer |
| 13 | +Electronic Cash System' published by 'Satoshi Nakamoto' in October 2008. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +"BSV Blockchains" means: |
| 16 | + (a) the Bitcoin blockchain containing block height #556767 with the hash |
| 17 | + "000000000000000001d956714215d96ffc00e0afda4cd0a96c96f8d802b1662b" and |
| 18 | + that contains the longest honest persistent chain of blocks which has been |
| 19 | + produced in a manner which is consistent with the rules set forth in the |
| 20 | + Network Access Rules; and |
| 21 | + (b) the test blockchains that contain the longest honest persistent chains of |
| 22 | + blocks which has been produced in a manner which is consistent with the |
| 23 | + rules set forth in the Network Access Rules. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +"Network Access Rules" or "Rules" means the set of rules regulating the |
| 26 | +relationship between BSV Association and the nodes on BSV based on the Bitcoin |
| 27 | +Protocol rules and those set out in the Bitcoin White Paper, and available here |
| 28 | +https://bsvblockchain.org/network-access-rules. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +"Software" means the software the subject of this licence, including any/all |
| 31 | +intellectual property rights therein and associated documentation files. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +BSV Association grants permission, free of charge and on a non-exclusive and |
| 34 | +revocable basis, to any person obtaining a copy of the Software to deal in the |
| 35 | +Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, |
| 36 | +copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the |
| 37 | +Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, |
| 38 | +subject to and conditioned upon the following conditions: |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +1 - The text "© BSV Association," and this license shall be included in all |
13 | 41 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. |
| 42 | +2 - The Software, and any software that is derived from the Software or parts |
| 43 | +thereof, must only be used on the BSV Blockchains. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +For the avoidance of doubt, this license is granted subject to and conditioned |
| 46 | +upon your compliance with these terms only. In the event of non-compliance, the |
| 47 | +license shall extinguish and you can be enjoined from violating BSV's |
| 48 | +intellectual property rights (incl. damages and similar related claims). |
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15 | 50 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR |
16 | | -IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, |
17 | | -FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE |
18 | | -AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER |
19 | | -LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, |
20 | | -OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE |
21 | | -SOFTWARE. |
| 51 | +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES REGARDING ENTITLEMENT, |
| 52 | +MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO |
| 53 | +EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS THEREOF BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, |
| 54 | +DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, |
| 55 | +ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER |
| 56 | +DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. |
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