ADAPTIVE PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 1.0
THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ADAPTIVE PUBLIC LICENSE ("LICENSE"). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE LICENSED WORK CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE AND ITS TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH RECIPIENT READS THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. "LICENSED WORK" AND "RECIPIENT" ARE DEFINED BELOW.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This License is "adaptive", and the generic version or another version of an Adaptive Public License should not be relied upon to determine your rights and obligations under this License. You must read the specific Adaptive Public License that you receive with the Licensed Work, as certain terms are defined at the outset by the Initial Contributor.
See Section 2.2 below, Exhibit A attached, and any Suppfile.txt accompanying this License to determine the specific adaptive features applicable to this License. For example, without limiting the foregoing, (a) for selected choice of law and jurisdiction see Part 3 of Exhibit A; (b) for the selected definition of Third Party see Part 4 of Exhibit A; and (c) for selected patent licensing terms (if any) see Section 2.2 below and Part 6 of Exhibit A.
For greater certainty, the above-noted requirements apply to any Licensed Work or portion thereof distributed to any third party in Executable form, whether such distribution is made alone, in combination with a Larger Work or Independent Modules, or in some other combination.
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EXHIBIT A (to the Adaptive Public License)
The Initial Contributor is:
________________________________________________
[Enter full name of Initial Contributor]
Address of Initial Contributor:
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
[Enter address above]
The Designated Web Site is:
________________________________________________
[Enter URL for Designated Web Site of Initial Contributor]
NOTE: The Initial Contributor is to complete this Part 1, along with Parts 2, 3, and 5, and, if applicable, Parts 4 and 6.
The Initial Work comprises the computer program(s) distributed by the Initial Contributor having the following title(s): _______________________________________________.
The date on which the Initial Work was first available under this License: _________________
For the purposes of this License, the Governing Jurisdiction is _________________________________________________. [Initial Contributor to Enter Governing Jurisdiction here]
For the purposes of this License, "Third Party" has the definition set forth below in the ONE paragraph selected by the Initial Contributor from paragraphs A, B, C, D and E when the Initial Work is distributed or otherwise made available by the Initial Contributor. To select one of the following paragraphs, the Initial Contributor must place an "X" or "x" in the selection box alongside the one respective paragraph selected.
SELECTION
BOX PARAGRAPH
[ ] A. "THIRD PARTY" means any third party.
[ ] B. "THIRD PARTY" means any third party except for any of the following: (a) a wholly owned subsidiary of the Subsequent Contributor in question; (b) a legal entity (the "PARENT") that wholly owns the Subsequent Contributor in question; or (c) a wholly owned subsidiary of the wholly owned subsidiary in (a) or of the Parent in (b).
[ ] C. "THIRD PARTY" means any third party except for any of the following: (a) any Person directly or indirectly owning a majority of the voting interest in the Subsequent Contributor or (b) any Person in which the Subsequent Contributor directly or indirectly owns a majority voting interest.
[ ] D. "THIRD PARTY" means any third party except for any Person directly or indirectly controlled by the Subsequent Contributor. For purposes of this definition, "control" shall mean the power to direct or cause the direction of, the management and policies of such Person whether through the ownership of voting interests, by contract, or otherwise.
[ ] E. "THIRD PARTY" means any third party except for any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Subsequent Contributor. For purposes of this definition, "control" shall mean the power to direct or cause the direction of, the management and policies of such Person whether through the ownership of voting interests, by contract, or otherwise.
The default definition of "THIRD PARTY" is the definition set forth in paragraph A, if NONE OR MORE THAN ONE of paragraphs A, B, C, D or E in this Part 4 are selected by the Initial Contributor.
THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ADAPTIVE PUBLIC LICENSE ("LICENSE") AS FIRST COMPLETED BY: ______________________ [Insert the name of the Initial Contributor here]. ANY USE, PUBLIC DISPLAY, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF, OR PREPARATION OF DERIVATIVE WORKS BASED ON, THE LICENSED WORK CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE AND ITS TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH RECIPIENT READS THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE. "LICENSED WORK" AND "RECIPIENT" ARE DEFINED IN THE LICENSE. A COPY OF THE LICENSE IS LOCATED IN THE TEXT FILE ENTITLED "LICENSE.TXT" ACCOMPANYING THE CONTENTS OF THIS FILE. IF A COPY OF THE LICENSE DOES NOT ACCOMPANY THIS FILE, A COPY OF THE LICENSE MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: ___________________________________________________[Insert Initial Contributor's Designated Web Site here]
Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
For the purposes of this License, paragraphs A, B, C, D and E of this Part 6 of Exhibit A are only incorporated and form part of the terms of the License if the Initial Contributor places an "X" or "x" in the selection box alongside the YES answer to the question immediately below.
Is this a Patents-Included License pursuant to Section 2.2 of the License?
YES [ ]
NO [ ]
By default, if YES is not selected by the Initial Contributor, the answer is NO.
Each Subsequent Contributor (including the Initial Contributor where the Initial Contributor qualifies as a Subsequent Contributor) is invited (but not required) to cause each Subsequent Work created or contributed to by that Subsequent Contributor to contain a file documenting the changes such Subsequent Contributor made to create that Subsequent Work and the date of any change.
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