From ebf596328ca0b345cf2befff694fb50572820fde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: multipleof4 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:07:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Revise license wording and remove bundled output permission --- PAY.txt | 40 +++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/PAY.txt b/PAY.txt index cc21a15..f99d431 100644 --- a/PAY.txt +++ b/PAY.txt @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ 1. Scope -The copyright holders offering software, source code, assets, or other material +The copyright holders offering software, source code, assets, or other content under these terms ("we") grant the permissions below to every individual, team, -company, organization, and other entity ("you"). "Material" means what we offer -under these terms. +company, organization, and other entity ("you"). "Work" means the software, +source code, assets, and other content we offer under these terms. 2. Using the product and owning your output @@ -15,15 +15,14 @@ it solely to run it. Whatever you create through ordinary use of the product is yours. We claim no ownership of your output and impose no payment, acknowledgment, or licensing conditions on it. You may use, sell, share, or license it however you choose. -Material intentionally included in ordinary output is also permitted in that -output on this basis. Merely copying or extracting the underlying codebase or -assetbase is reuse under section 3. +Merely copying or extracting the underlying codebase or assetbase is reuse +under section 3. 3. Reusing code or assets Subject to section 4, you have worldwide, nonexclusive permission to copy, modify, combine, publish, distribute, sublicense, sell, and otherwise reuse any -or all of the Material, for any purpose, in source or other forms. +or all of the Work, for any purpose, in source or other forms. 4. Finding common ground @@ -35,10 +34,10 @@ of the following conditions when you begin that reuse: place, such as your README, source code, website, or documentation. A name mention or a link is enough. No particular wording or placement is required. -- If you can reasonably afford a monetary payment, sponsor the original +- If you can afford a monetary payment, sponsor the original repository through its Sponsor button. You alone decide the minimum reasonable amount you can afford, considering the circumstances of the entity - reusing the Material. Sponsorship may be one-time or monthly. If you pay any + reusing the Work. Sponsorship may be one-time or monthly. If you pay any positive amount, acknowledgment and links are optional. An entity may satisfy this condition through someone acting on its behalf. @@ -59,33 +58,28 @@ and you may cancel recurring sponsorship without losing your permissions. Likewise, an appropriate acknowledgment fully satisfies the condition for an entity using the acknowledgment option. -Once satisfied, the condition covers all reuse by that entity of Material +Once satisfied, the condition covers all reuse by that entity of the Work offered under these terms in the same original repository, including later versions. No payment or acknowledgment is required again for additional uses, copies, releases, or products. The permissions granted are then irrevocable -for that Material. +for that Work. 6. Choosing another license -After satisfying section 4, you may distribute or sublicense the Material, +After satisfying section 4, you may distribute or sublicense the Work, modified or unmodified, under any license you choose. You do not have to include these terms, keep this license, or require anyone else to follow it. These terms require no retained copyright or license notices; the acknowledgment option in section 4 is the only acknowledgment requirement. -Recipients of Material you distribute under another license follow that +Recipients of the Work you distribute under another license follow that license and owe us no payment or acknowledgment under these terms for that -Material. Relicensing grants permissions; it does not transfer ownership of -the original Material. +Work. Relicensing grants permissions; it does not transfer ownership of +the original Work. -7. Existing rights and warranty +7. Warranty -These permissions cover only rights we can grant. Separately identified -third-party material remains subject to its own terms, and existing third-party -rights in inputs or output remain unaffected. Nothing here limits rights you -already have under applicable law. - -To the extent permitted by law, the Material is provided "as is," without any +To the extent permitted by law, the Work is provided "as is," without any warranty, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. We are not liable for any claim, loss, or damages arising from -the Material or its use. +the Work or its use.