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- # PolyForm Small Business License 1.0.0
-
- <https://polyformproject.org/licenses/small-business/1.0.0>
-
- ## Acceptance
-
- In order to get any license under these terms, you must agree to them as both
- strict obligations and conditions to all your licenses.
-
- ## Copyright License
-
- The licensor grants you a copyright license for the software to do everything
- you might do with the software that would otherwise infringe the licensor's
- copyright in it for any permitted purpose. However, you may only distribute
- the software according to [Distribution License](#distribution-license) and
- make changes or new works based on the software according to [Changes and
- New Works License](#changes-and-new-works-license).
-
- ## Distribution License
-
- The licensor grants you an additional copyright license to distribute copies
- of the software. Your license to distribute covers distributing the software
- with changes and new works permitted by [Changes and New Works License](#changes-and-new-works-license).
-
- ## Notices
-
- You must ensure that anyone who gets a copy of any part of the software from
- you also gets a copy of these terms or the URL for them above, as well as
- copies of any plain-text lines beginning with `Required Notice:` that the
- licensor provided with the software. For example:
-
- > Required Notice: Copyright Yoyodyne, Inc. (http://example.com)
-
- ## Changes and New Works License
-
- The licensor grants you an additional copyright license to make changes and
- new works based on the software for any permitted purpose.
-
- ## Patent License
-
- The licensor grants you a patent license for the software that covers patent
- claims the licensor can license, or becomes able to license, that you would
- infringe by using the software.
-
- ## Fair Use
-
- You may have "fair use" rights for the software under the law. These terms
- do not limit them.
-
- ## Small Business
-
- Use of the software for the benefit of your company is use for a permitted
- purpose if your company has fewer than 100 total individuals working as employees
- and independent contractors, and less than 1,000,000 USD (2019) total revenue
- in the prior tax year. Adjust this revenue threshold for inflation according
- to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer price index for
- all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for all items, not seasonally adjusted,
- with 1982–1984=100 reference base.
-
- ## No Other Rights
-
- These terms do not allow you to sublicense or transfer any of your licenses
- to anyone else, or prevent the licensor from granting licenses to anyone else.
- These terms do not imply any other licenses.
-
- ## Patent Defense
-
- If you make any written claim that the software infringes or contributes to
- infringement of any patent, your patent license for the software granted under
- these terms ends immediately. If your company makes such a claim, your patent
- license ends immediately for work on behalf of your company.
-
- ## Violations
-
- The first time you are notified in writing that you have violated any of these
- terms, or done anything with the software not covered by your licenses, your
- licenses can nonetheless continue if you come into full compliance with these
- terms, and take practical steps to correct past violations, within 32 days
- of receiving notice. Otherwise, all your licenses end immediately.
-
- ## No Liability
-
- ***As far as the law allows, the software comes as is, without any warranty
- or condition, and the licensor will not be liable to you for any damages arising
- out of these terms or the use or nature of the software, under any kind of
- legal claim.***
-
- ## Definitions
-
- The **licensor** is the individual or entity offering these terms, and the
- **software** is the software the licensor makes available under these terms.
-
- **You** refers to the individual or entity agreeing to these terms.
-
- **Your company** is any legal entity, sole proprietorship, or other kind of
- organization that you work for, plus all organizations that have control over,
- are under the control of, or are under common control with that organization.
- **Control** means ownership of substantially all the assets of an entity,
- or the power to direct its management and policies by vote, contract, or otherwise.
- Control can be direct or indirect.
-
- **Your licenses** are all the licenses granted to you for the software under
- these terms.
-
- **Use** means anything you do with the software requiring one of your licenses.
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