Public Benefit Zero Copyright License v2.0

PUBLIC BENEFIT ZERO COPYRIGHT LICENSE v. 2.0 SPDX Identifier: <TBD> Revision Date: December 17th, 2024 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is expressly prohibited. Definitions: 1) "This License" refers to version 1.0 or later of the Public Benefit Zero Copyright License, whichever is the current release at the time of development. 2) "Copyright" means any laws intended to protect software and associated works, such as written texts and documentation, however this definition is not limited to, and shall be construed to include, other related works as defined by local or international laws at the time of development. 3) "This Software" or "this software" refers to any ostensibly copyrightable work to which This License has been assigned, including written texts and documentation, source code, computer binaries, and all other related materials and/or distributions. 4) "Derivative Software" or "derivative software" refers to any ostensibly copyrightable work within which any portion was derived from This Software or any work subject to This License. 5) "General Public Benefit" or "general public benefit" shall mean any Free Open Source Software and/or Commercial Open Source Software, including operating systems and applications software from which the general public, developers, governments, individuals and any other such groups can gain use, knowledge, experience or any other benefit from, the definition of which is at their sole discretion. 6) "Public Domain" or "public domain" shall mean This Software or Derivative Software is entirely free from ownership such as copyright, trademark, or patent. 7) "Free Open Source Software" shall mean This Software or Derivative Software that licensed to be free to use, modify, and distribute. 8) "Commercial Open Source Software" shall mean This Software or Derivative Software which is designed to interact with closed, proprietary software in such a way that not all code is publicly available. Software released under this definition may be sold as part of a larger commercial product, however a public repository must be maintained which includes This Software or Derivative Software, in addition to dedicated documentation regarding all API endpoints and system calls such that a Third-Party developer can understand what This Software or Derivative Software is doing when interacting with proprietary source code, binaries, libraries and APIs. Additionally, This Software or Derivative Software must be made free to use, modify or distribute in derivative works by Third-Party developers. This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain, and intended to be kept in the public domain in perpetuity. Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means provided: 1) This Software or Derivative Software is intended to inure to the General Public Benefit, and 2) They do not assign additional licensing or attribution requirements to This Software or Derivative Software, and 3) This Software or Derivative Software remains subject to this revision of the Public Benefit Zero Copyright License or its' superseding revision, whichever is most recent at the time of development, and 4) This Software or Derivative Software is publicly released as Free Open Source Software and/or as Commercial Open Source Software, as appropriate, and 5) A copy of This License is included with all distributions of This Software or Derivative Software. In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in This Software to the public domain subject to the provisions above. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. For more information, please refer to <https://github.com/wmthornton-dev/PBZC.git>