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| -Universal Web License based on Business Source License 1.1 |
| 1 | +TITLE:UNIVERSAL WEB (UW) & VIAT LICENSE |
| 2 | +SUMMARY: Free to use for building apps, tools, and services on UW or VIAT. |
| 3 | +Not allowed to fork, reuse, or repurpose any part for building competing networks, cryptocurrencies, or platforms — centralized or decentralized — without written permission. |
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| -Licensor: Universal Web, Thomas Marchi |
| 5 | +LICENSE: UNIVERSAL NON-COMPETITIVE LICENSE (UNCL) V1.0 |
| 6 | +LICENSE TAG: UNCL-1.0 |
| 7 | +COPYRIGHT: COPYRIGHT © 2025 THOMAS MARCHI. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. |
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| -Software: Universal Web, Thomas Marchi |
| 9 | +LICENSOR: Universal Web, VIAT, Thomas Marchi |
| 10 | +SOFTWARE: Universal Web, VIAT |
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| -The Software is © 2023 Universal Web, Thomas Marchi |
| 12 | +1. DEFINITIONS |
| 13 | +“Licensed Work” refers to the software, source code, binaries, designs, applications, specifications, protocols, documentation, websites, libraries, middleware, modules, or other intellectual property distributed under this License, including but not limited to Universal Web (UW), VIAT, and any of their subsystems, libraries, or technical components. |
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| -Change License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal license. |
| 15 | +“Licensor” refers to the copyright holder or entity granting this license. |
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| -License text copyright © 2017 MariaDB Corporation Ab, All Rights Reserved. |
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| -"Business Source License" is a trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab. |
| 17 | +“Licensee”, “You”, or “Your” refers to any individual or entity using the Licensed Work. |
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| -Terms |
| 19 | +2. GRANT OF RIGHTS |
| 20 | +Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, the Licensor grants You a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right to: |
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| -Use Limitation: Usage of the software is free for use when your application doesn't use the Network as a whole to create another one, isn't a Web, isn't equivalent to the Universal Web or Viat, and or isn't creating a similar or modified protocol as UDSP or other primary components of the universal web either in part or as a whole. Otherwise if it's a Universal Web application, script, and or tool using the Universal Web and or which contributes to it then the software is free to use & modify. There can be exceptions to this rule by the Licensor but the Licensor must be contacted and the request must then have a written approval by the Licensor so long as the user remains within relative restrictions within this document unless otherwise stipulated. Such an approval may be revoked if the user is found to be in violation of the terms of this license or the terms of the approval. |
| 22 | + - Use, copy, modify, and create derivative works of the Licensed Work for non-competitive purposes; |
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| -Commercial use is allowed for the software so long as the user remains within relative restrictions within this document unless otherwise stipulated. All Universal Apps, Websites, scripts, modules, and or code which exist on or for the Universal Web are permitted. Such an approval may be revoked if the user is found to be in violation of the terms of this license or the terms of the approval. |
| 24 | + - Build applications, integrations, scripts, tools, or services that interface with or extend UW and/or VIAT; |
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| -The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative |
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| -works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work if out of the scope of the usage limitations. The |
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| -Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, above, permitting limited |
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| -production use. |
| 26 | + - Use the Licensed Work for commercial or non-commercial purposes, provided your use does not violate the Competitive Use Restriction. |
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| -Effective on the Change Date, or the fourth anniversary of the first publicly |
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| -available distribution of a specific version of the Licensed Work under this |
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| -License, whichever comes first, the Licensor hereby grants you rights under |
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| -the terms of the Change License, and the rights granted in the paragraph |
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| -above terminate. |
| 28 | +3. COMPETITIVE USE RESTRICTION |
| 29 | +You may not, without prior written permission from the Licensor: |
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| -If your use of the Licensed Work does not comply with the requirements |
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| -currently in effect as described in this License, you must purchase a |
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| -commercial license from the Licensor, its affiliated entities, or authorized |
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| -resellers, or you must refrain from using the Licensed Work. |
| 31 | + 1) Use, modify, fork, clone, incorporate, or redistribute the Licensed Work or its components in any system, software, product, or service that competes with or is intended to compete with UW or VIAT; |
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| -All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works |
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| -of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License. This License applies |
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| -separately for each version of the Licensed Work and the Change Date may vary |
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| -for each version of the Licensed Work released by Licensor. |
| 33 | + 2) Use the Licensed Work to build or support any standalone or competing cryptocurrency, token system, domain resolution layer, distributed application platform, or network protocol that competes with or replicates core features of UW or VIAT. |
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| -You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy |
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| -of the Licensed Work. If you receive the Licensed Work in original or |
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| -modified form from a third party, the terms and conditions set forth in this |
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| -License apply to your use of that work. |
| 35 | + 3) This includes centralized or decentralized systems intended to provide similar infrastructure, identity layers, transport layers, transaction networks, or currency platforms. |
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| -Any use of the Licensed Work in violation of this License will automatically |
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| -terminate your rights under this License for the current and all other |
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| -versions of the Licensed Work. |
| 37 | + 4) This restriction does not apply to applications, libraries, tools, smart contracts, tokens, or services built on top of the UW or VIAT platform. |
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| -This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of |
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| -Licensor or its affiliates (provided that you may use a trademark or logo of |
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| -Licensor as expressly required by this License). |
| 39 | +If there is any doubt about whether your use is competitive, You must request and receive written permission from the Licensor. Approvals may be revoked at the Licensor’s discretion if terms are violated. |
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| -TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED ON |
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| -AN “AS IS” BASIS. LICENSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, |
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| -EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) WARRANTIES OF |
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| -MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND |
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| -TITLE. |
| 41 | +4. ATTRIBUTION AND VISIBILITY |
| 42 | +Any copy, modification, or derivative work of the Licensed Work must include: |
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| -MariaDB hereby grants you permission to use this License’s text to license |
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| -your works, and to refer to it using the trademark “Business Source License”, |
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| -as long as you comply with the Covenants of Licensor below. |
| 44 | + - A conspicuous copy of this license; |
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| -Covenants of Licensor |
| 46 | + - Attribution to the original Licensor; |
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| -In consideration of the right to use this License’s text and the “Business |
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| -Source License” name and trademark, Licensor covenants to MariaDB, and to all |
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| -other recipients of the licensed work to be provided by Licensor: |
| 48 | + - Notification of any changes made. |
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| -1. To specify as the Change License the GPL Version 2.0 or any later version, |
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| - or a license that is compatible with GPL Version 2.0 or a later version, |
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| - where “compatible” means that software provided under the Change License can |
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| - be included in a program with software provided under GPL Version 2.0 or a |
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| - later version. Licensor may specify additional Change Licenses without |
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| 50 | +5. CHANGE DATE |
| 51 | +On the Change Date—defined as either: |
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| -2. To either: (a) specify an additional grant of rights to use that does not |
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| - impose any additional restriction on the right granted in this License, as |
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| - the Additional Use Grant; or (b) insert the text “None”. |
| 53 | +The fourth anniversary of the first public release of a given version of the Licensed Work, or |
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| -3. To specify a Change Date. |
| 55 | +A date publicly announced by the Licensor, |
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| -4. Not to modify this License in any other way. |
| 57 | +the Licensed Work may be re-licensed under a more permissive license (e.g., MIT, Apache 2.0) at the discretion of the Licensor. |
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| 59 | +Until the Change Date, all terms of this License remain in full effect. |
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| 61 | +6. TERMINATION |
| 62 | +If You violate this License, all rights granted to You under this License are immediately terminated, including rights to use, distribute, modify, or access the Licensed Work. Upon termination, You must: |
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| 64 | + - Cease all use and distribution of the Licensed Work; |
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| 66 | + - Destroy or return all copies in your possession. |
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| 68 | +7. NO TRADEMARK OR BRANDING RIGHTS |
| 69 | +This License does not grant any rights to use the Licensor’s trademarks, service marks, trade names, or logos, unless separately licensed in writing. |
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| 71 | +8. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER |
| 72 | +THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE LICENSOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY. |
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| 74 | +9. GOVERNING LAW |
| 75 | +This License is governed by the laws of [Your Jurisdiction]. Any disputes shall be resolved under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that jurisdiction. |
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| 77 | +To request licensing approval or for any inquiries, contact: THOMAS MARCHI (https://github.com/tomekmarchi) OR (https://x.com/tommarchi) |
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| 79 | +Copyright © 2025 Thomas Marchi, All rights reserved. |
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