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Intellectual Freedom Software License - Version 1.0 - August 10, 2013

Copyright (c) 2013 Invictus Innovations, Inc. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in the source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following condititons are met:

  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

  3. Neither the name of Invictus Innovations, Inc nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

  4. Any and all patents held by the user or distributor of this software are licensed free of charge to any and all individuals or organizations who have also agreed to this condition.

    Note: Patents may be enforced or licensed at a fee to any indivudal or organization that is currently collecting patent/copyright royalties, or attempting to collect royalties or deny others use of their IP.

  5. An exemption to condition 4 may be available by contacting Invictus Innovations, Inc and purchasing a separate license.

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, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Intent of the Intellectual Freedom Software License

This license is intended to have all of the properties of the BSD license while actively working to reform patent law and foster a more competitive market rather than the creation of intelectual monopolies enforced by governments.

Invictus Innovations, Inc is strongly opposed to government enforced grants of intelectual monopoly because we believe it harms society and violates physical property rights. For more complete background on our position please see "Againts Intellectual Monopoly" by Michele Boldrin and Levine, David K. which is freely available or may be purchased in physical form.

Our objection to intelectual monopoly does not protect us from having others enforce their government granted monopoly on us. Therefore, it is necessary for us to acquire a license (exemption) from the 'owners' of the intelectual monopoly. The best leverage available to us to acquire such a license free of charge is our own 'intelectual monopoly' which the government will grant us the right to enforce on anyone at our choice.

We choose to only enforce our grants of monopoly (copyright/patents) on those who would enforce their monopoly grants on others by demanding royalties or denying use all together.

This is not a GPL style copyleft license. You are free to maintain trade secrets and release closed-source software derived from our work. Your only restriction is that you may only use copyright and patent laws against those whom are seeking to license or prohibit you from violating their patent or copyright monopolies. You are also free to charge for your work, apply DRM, use 'license' keys, or take any other free-market action to derive value from your products with the only restriction being on seeking to use the government to enforce an intelectual monopoly against someone who has agreed to the terms of this license.