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THE WORK (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS COOPERATIVE NON-VIOLENT PUBLIC LICENSE ("LICENSE"). THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. ANY USE OF THE WORK OTHER THAN AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS LICENSE OR COPYRIGHT LAW IS PROHIBITED. BY EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS TO THE WORK PROVIDED IN THIS LICENSE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. TO THE EXTENT THIS LICENSE MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE A CONTRACT, THE LICENSOR GRANTS YOU THE RIGHTS CONTAINED HERE IN AS CONSIDERATION FOR ACCEPTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AND FOR AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE.

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An Act of War is any action of one country against any group either with an intention to provoke a conflict or an action that occurs during a declared war or during armed conflict between military forces of any origin. This includes but is not limited to enforcing sanctions or sieges, supplying armed forces, or profiting from the manufacture of tools or weaponry used in military conflict.

An Adaptation is a work based upon the Work, or upon the Work and other pre-existing works, such as a translation, adaptation, derivative work, arrangement of music or other alterations of a literary or artistic work, or phonogram or performance and includes cinematographic adaptations or any other form in which the Work may be recast, transformed, or adapted including in any form recognizably derived from the original, except that a work that constitutes a Collection will not be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of this License. For the avoidance of doubt, where the Work is a musical work, performance or phonogram, the synchronization of the Work in timed-relation with a moving image ("synching") will be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of this License. In addition, where the Work is designed to output a neural network the output of the neural network will be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of this license.

Bodily Harm is any physical hurt or injury to a person that interferes with the health or comfort of the person and that is more than merely transient or trifling in nature.

Distribute is to make available to the public the original and copies of the Work or Adaptation, as appropriate, through sale, gift or any other transfer of possession or ownership.

Incarceration is Confinement in a jail, prison, or any other place where individuals of any kind are held against either their will or (if their will cannot be determined) the will of their legal guardian or guardians. In the case of a conflict between the will of the individual and the will of their legal guardian or guardians, the will of the individual will take precedence.

Licensor is The individual, individuals, entity, or entities that offer(s) the Work under the terms of this License

Original Author is in the case of a literary or artistic work, the individual, individuals, entity or entities who created the Work or if no individual or entity can be identified, the publisher; and in addition

  • in the case of a performance the actors, singers, musicians, dancers, and other persons who act, sing, deliver, declaim, play in, interpret or otherwise perform literary or artistic works or expressions of folklore;

  • in the case of a phonogram the producer being the person or legal entity who first fixes the sounds of a performance or other sounds; and,

  • in the case of broadcasts, the organization that transmits the broadcast.

Work is the literary and/or artistic work offered under the terms of this License including without limitation any production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, whatever may be the mode or form of its expression including digital form, such as a book, pamphlet and other writing; a lecture, address, sermon or other work of the same nature; a dramatic or dramatico-musical work; a choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show; a musical composition with or without words; a cinematographic work to which are assimilated works expressed by a process analogous to cinematography; a work of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving or lithography; a photographic work to which are assimilated works expressed by a process analogous to photography; a work of applied art; an illustration, map, plan, sketch or three-dimensional work relative to geography, topography, architecture or science; a performance; a broadcast; a phonogram; a compilation of data to the extent it is protected as a copyrightable work; or a work performed by a variety or circus performer to the extent it is not otherwise considered a literary or artistic work.

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Software is any digital Work which, through use of a third-party piece of Software or through the direct usage of itself on a computer system, the memory of the computer is modified dynamically or semi-dynamically. "Software", secondly, processes or interprets information.

Source Code is the human-readable form of Software through which the Original Author and/or Distributor originally created, derived, and/or modified it.

Surveilling is the use of the Work to either overtly or covertly observe and record persons and or their activities.

A Network Service is the use of a piece of Software to interpret or modify information that is subsequently and directly served to users over the Internet.

To Discriminate is use of a work to differentiate between humans in a such a way which prioritizes some above others on the basis of percieved membership within certain groups.

Hate Speech is Communication or any form of expression which is solely for the purpose of expressing hatred for some group or advocating a form of Discrimination between humans.

Coercion is leveraging of the threat of force or use of force to intimidate a person in order to gain compliance, or to offer large incentives which aim to entice a person to act against their will.

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You may exercise the rights granted in the license grant for any purposes only if:

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ii. You do not use the Work for the purpose of Surveilling or tracking individuals for financial gain.

iii. You do not use the Work in an Act of War.

iv. You do not use the Work for the purpose of supporting or profiting from an Act of War.

v. You do not use the Work for the purpose of Incarceration.

vi. You do not use the Work for the purpose of extracting, processing, or refining, oil, gas, or coal. Or to in any other way to deliberately pollute the environment as a byproduct of manufacturing or irresponsible disposal of hazardous materials.

vii. You do not use the Work for the purpose of expediting, coordinating, or facilitating paid work undertaken by individuals under the age of 12 years.

viii. You do not use the Work to either Discriminate or spread Hate Speech on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, age, disability, color, national origin, religion, caste, or lower economic status.

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