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-rw-r--r--rationale.txt16
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diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
index 41c1fae..49b201b 100644
--- a/license.txt
+++ b/license.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
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SUNSET LICENSE
Version 1.0, June 2017
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1. You may copy, modify, use, sell, or distribute this work, verbatim or
modified, for any purpose.
@@ -22,4 +19,3 @@ other work.
a part of this work, then that part is placed into the public domain and you
may do whatever you want with it, regardless of all other clauses.
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diff --git a/rationale.txt b/rationale.txt
index 87af121..5ad0968 100644
--- a/rationale.txt
+++ b/rationale.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
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-Sunset License Rationale
+SUNSET LICENSE RATIONALE
+========================
Purpose
+-------
First and foremost, this distribution license will be a license with a sunset
provision, to limit the duration of time before bits of the work start to pass
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ sought after is similar to the Unlicense, and if the length is significantly
over that it's a bug.
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Reasoning
+---------
The duration of copyright has been extended over and over again to the point
that it's de facto perpetual. Copyright law has been famously subverted with
@@ -44,9 +43,8 @@ as otherwise there would be too many language specific details required in the
license.
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Scope
+-----
This is primarily conceived of as a software license. While the result may be
applicable to other works, it may not be optimal for them.
@@ -78,9 +76,8 @@ No position is taken on the issues of tivoisation or software as a service, and
hence, neither issue will be mentioned.
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License License
+---------------
You may copy, distribute and use this rationale and accompanying license
document modified or verbatim for any purpose. If modified, the license name
@@ -91,4 +88,3 @@ with the verbatim license or rationale. Be aware that the logo may not meet the
threshold of originality in some jurisdictions, but it is your responsibility
to check that.
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