Ritchey Permissive License v19
Definitions
Any definitions provided within this license overrule any external definitions.
- Creative Work means material the Licensor is licensing.
- License Author means the legal entities whom created this license.
- Licensee means a legal entity receiving the Creative Work under this license, and accepting the license terms.
- Licensor means the legal entities whom hold Copyright, and related rights, in the Creative Work, and are offering this license, applicable to the Creative Work.
- Material means material which is not part of the Creative Work, or provided by the Licensor to the Licensee.
Offer
Subject to the terms, and conditions, of this license, the Licensor hereby extends this license to any legal entity, which obtains a copy, or portion, of the Creative Work.
Acceptance
In order to accept this license, the Licensee must be capable of being bound to the entire license, and, by accepting the license, agrees to be.
If any portion of this license is known by the Licensee to have been previously deemed unenforceable, by a court of law, in any applicable jurisdiction, the Licensee cannot accept this license. Furthermore, the Licensee must make an effort to determine this before accepting this license.
Permissions
The Licensee is granted royalty-free, perpetual (unless otherwise stated), non-exclusive, non-transferable permission to do anything with the Creative Work, which does not violate any part of this license.
Restrictions
- Permissions granted don't include patent rights, with the following exceptions:
+ If sharing the Creative Work verbatim otherwise complies with this license, it can be done even with patented portions present.
- Permissions granted don't apply to trademarks, with the following exceptions:
+ If sharing the Creative Work verbatim otherwise complies with this license, it can be done even with trademarks present.
- The Creative Work, and any portions of it, must remain solely licensed under this license.
Impositions
If sharing the Creative Work is permitted by this license, when sharing, the Licensee:
- Is solely responsible for any consequences, and any withstanding obligations to the recipient. This includes: non-disclaimed warranties, non-disclaimed guarantees, any representations made, any promises made.
Disclaimer
Regardless of any other applicable information, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, the Creative Work is provided as is, without any warranties, guarantees, promises, or representations. The Licensor will not be liable for loss of any kind, damage of any kind, illness, injury, death, or infringement caused by the Licensee's use of the Creative Work. Any use of the Creative Work is done at the Licensee's own risk.
In the event of legal action, in relation to the Creative Work, neither the Licensor, or Licensee may be compensated by, or required to make compensation to, the other.
Revocation
This license is automatically revoked permanently from the Licensee upon breach of the license terms, with the following exceptions:
- If the Licensee breaches the terms of this license accidentally, the license is revoked, but the Licensee may accept the license again after 30 days, if the Licensee makes all changes needed to come into compliance with the license terms.
If the Licensee has already accepted the license, and later discovers any portion has been deemed unenforceable, by a court of law, in any applicable jurisdiction, the Licensee is not permitted to initiate any new attempts to exercise the license, but is not required to take any action in regards to previously initiated exercises.
Governance
This license is governed by the laws of the province of British Columbia, and the applicable federal laws of Canada. Any legal proceedings in relation to the Creative Work may only occur in the courts of British Columbia, or the Federal Court of Canada.
Legal proceedings may not consider any optional legal precedents established after April 21, 1989, unless they help protect the defendant.
Interpretation
If any portions of this license contradict, the later portion shall overrule the previous, to the extent needed to make the later portion functional.
Meta
The License Author isn't a party to the licensing agreement between the Licensor, and Licensee. The License Author will not be liable for loss of any kind, damage of any kind, illness, injury, death, or infringement caused by use of this license by either the Licensor, or Licensee.
The license text is provided under the terms of this license.