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title: BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent License |
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spdx-id: BSD-2-Clause-Patent |
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description: "This license is designed to provide: a) a simple permissive license; b) that is compatible with the GNU GPL-2.0; and c) which also has an express patent grant included." |
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how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. Replace [year] with the current year and [fullname] with the name (or names) of the copyright holders. |
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using: |
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Manubot: https://github.com/manubot/manubot/blob/main/LICENSE.md |
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obonet: https://github.com/dhimmel/obonet/blob/main/LICENSE.md |
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Preprint Similarity Search: https://github.com/greenelab/preprint-similarity-search/blob/master/LICENSE.md |
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permissions: |
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- commercial-use |
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- modifications |
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- distribution |
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- patent-use |
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- private-use |
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conditions: |
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- include-copyright |
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limitations: |
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- liability |
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- warranty |
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Copyright (c) [year] [fullname] |
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: |
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1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, |
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this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. |
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2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, |
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this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation |
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and/or other materials provided with the distribution. |
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Subject to the terms and conditions of this license, each copyright holder |
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and contributor hereby grants to those receiving rights under this license |
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a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable |
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(except for failure to satisfy the conditions of this license) patent license |
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to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer |
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this software, where such license applies only to those patent claims, already |
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acquired or hereafter acquired, licensable by such copyright holder or |
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contributor that are necessarily infringed by: |
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(a) their Contribution(s) (the licensed copyrights of copyright holders and |
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non-copyrightable additions of contributors, in source or binary form) alone; |
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or |
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(b) combination of their Contribution(s) with the work of authorship to which |
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such Contribution(s) was added by such copyright holder or contributor, if, |
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at the time the Contribution is added, such addition causes such combination |
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to be necessarily infringed. The patent license shall not apply to any other |
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combinations which include the Contribution. |
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Except as expressly stated above, no rights or licenses from any copyright |
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holder or contributor is granted under this license, whether expressly, by |
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implication, estoppel or otherwise. |
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DISCLAIMER |
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" |
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AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE |
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE |
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DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE |
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FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL |
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DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR |
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SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER |
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CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, |
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OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE |
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OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |
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