﻿Commons Protection License, Version 2 (CmPLv2)

PREAMBLE

	This License is mainly intended as a license for software and closely related digital works. While many licenses serve as the documents where different flavors of liberal philosophy are enforced without a mind to the class struggle, the Commons Preservation License is not afraid to address such issues directly and institute protections in favor of the commons and the workers.
	This is not a Free Software or Open-Source license. Instead, it is a Common Software license, meant to act as a wedge when it comes to the expropriation of value from software projects while preserving the security of the users and contributors to the software.
	The CmPLv2 was proposed by the Revolutionary Technical Committee, and was approved via discussions, proposals and a simple-majority vote.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Copyright (c) 2022 CursedMC. All rights reserved.
Any person or organization (the "User") obtaining a copy of this software is allowed to redistribute it and use it in source-code and binary forms, with or without modification, provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions in binary and source-code form must be done only under the terms of this License.  A copy of the License must be included with every redistribution in binary and source-code form. Redistributions may not offer or impose any additional terms that restrict the terms of this License. Redistributions may not be sublicensed. Redistributions must retain all notices that refer to this License and to the disclaimer of warranties and the liability disclaimer. Redistributions may not impose any effective technological measures that restrict the ability of a recipient to exercise the rights granted to them under this License.

2. The User is one of the following:
	a. A natural person;
	b. An association, formal or informal;
 	d. A trade union;
	e. An educational institution;
	f. A worker’s co-operative, which is owned by all of its members or has a Board of Directors where 100% of the board’s seats are held by workers that are paid no more than 200% of the compensation of the lowest paid worker of the User.


3. If the User is an organization:
	3.1	The User is not law enforcement or military, or working for or under either.
	3.2	The User is not a corporation valued at more than 100,000 United States Dollars.


4. The User does not:
	4.1 Directly or indirectly, through agents or assigns, interfere with the right of permanent, temporary, piece-rate, salaried, hourly paid, legal young (minors), part-time, night, and migrant workers to organize and associate.
	4.2 Institute patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a suit) alleging that redistributions of the Licensed work in source-code or binary form constitute direct or contributory patent infringement.
	4.3 Subject any person to arbitrary interference with their privacy, family, home, or correspondence without the person’s explicitly written consent.


5.  The User must redistribute the Licensed work in source-code form, in compliance with Section 1, upon any  modification of the substance or structure of the Licensed work that:
	5.1 Entails a protection against threat-actors or is of importance to the security of other Users.
	5.2 Entails a change to the design and observable function of the work.


6. The User must ensure that everyone who receives a copy of or uses any part of the Licensed work, with or without changes, also receives a copy of the License and the copyright notice  included with the Licensed work. The User must ensure that the License is prominently displayed to the extent that any individual or entity seeking to download, copy, use, or otherwise receive any part of the Licensed work from is notified of this License and can agree to its terms and conditions. The User must cause any modified versions of the Licensed work to carry prominent notices stating that The User changed the Licensed Work.


7. Versions of the Licensed work that contain functionality that allows for a computer utilizing the software to be controlled by or connected to another computer or to a network must be distributed with the following disclaimer, to be presented in the form of clearly readable text: “This software contains networking features.”


8. Neither the name of the Licensor nor the names of related individuals and entities may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.


If the conditions specified above are not met (except for condition 4.2), the User must remedy the violation within 30 days of being notified. If the User fails to remedy the violation within 30 days, then this License agreement will be null and void. If condition 4.2 is not met, then this License agreement  will be immediately null and void.


THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 

LICENSEE SHALL HOLD LICENSOR HARMLESS AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEBTS, DUES, LIABILITIES, LIENS, CAUSES OF ACTION, DEMANDS, OBLIGATIONS, DISPUTES, DAMAGES, LOSSES, EXPENSES, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS, LIABILITIES, AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS OF EVERY KIND AND NATURE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ANTICIPATED OR UNANTICIPATED, FORESEEN OR UNFORESEEN, ACCRUED OR UNACCRUED, DISCLOSED OR UNDISCLOSED, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO LICENSEE’S USE OF THE SOFTWARE. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHOULD BE INTERPRETED TO REQUIRE LICENSEE TO INDEMNIFY LICENSOR, NOR REQUIRE LICENSOR TO INDEMNIFY LICENSEE.
