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Mike Linksvayer 810eeb5618 rename/order license properties better reflect how licenses work
and are structured

grant (permissions)
conditioned on (conditions)
with limitations

Permissions coming first combats mistaken but apparently widespread
impression that licenses impose conditions, even such that without
a license, there would be no conditions/work would be in the public
domain.

Requirements->Conditions emphasizes that they are pertinent if one
wants to take advantage of permissions.

Forbiddens->Limitations is more accurate: in most cases licenses
don't give permission to hold licensors liable, in some cases to
use licensors' trademarks or patents, but a licensee does not lose
the permissions granted by the license if the licensee holds licensor
liable, etc. Also emphasizes that there are limitatations on the
license grant, not that the license imposes prohibitions.

The most concise place to see both the rename and reorder is in
_includes/license-overview.html

I did not reorder the appearance of the groups of properties in
license source files (.txt files in _licenses) as those orderings
are not used to render anything on the webiste. Might do so later.
2016-03-01 13:33:15 -08:00

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conditions:
- description: Include a copy of the license and copyright notice with the code.
label: License and copyright notice
tag: include-copyright
- description: Indicate significant changes made to the code.
label: State Changes
tag: document-changes
- description: Source code must be made available when distributing the software.
label: Disclose Source
tag: disclose-source
- description: Users who interact with the software via network are given the right to receive a copy of the corresponding source code.
label: Network Use is Distribution
tag: network-use-disclose
- description: You must change the name of the software if you modify it.
label: Rename
tag: rename
- description: Modifications must be released under the same license when distributing the software. In some cases a similar or related license may be used.
label: Same License
tag: same-license
permissions:
- description: This software and derivatives may be used for commercial purposes.
label: Commercial Use
tag: commercial-use
- description: This software may be modified.
label: Modification
tag: modifications
- description: You may distribute this software.
label: Distribution
tag: distribution
- description: You may use and modify the software without distributing it.
label: Private Use
tag: private-use
- description: This license provides an express grant of patent rights from the contributor to the recipient.
label: Patent Use
tag: patent-use
limitations:
- description: While this may be implicitly true of all licenses, this license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you any rights in the trademarks or other marks of contributors.
label: Trademark Use
tag: trademark-use
- description: Software is provided without warranty and the software author/license owner cannot be held liable for damages.
label: Hold Liable
tag: no-liability
- description: This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you any rights in the patents of contributors.
label: Patent Use
tag: patent-use