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STARSHIP LICENSE 1.0 (SL-1.0)
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SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Starship-1.0
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Copyright © 2025–∞
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R.A. James (“Captain Bob”)
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0. PURPOSE AND INTENT
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The intent of this license is to grant the broadest possible freedoms
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to all recipients of the Work, while preserving one permanent and
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binding condition:
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The original author, R.A. James (“Captain Bob”), shall receive
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clear and perpetual attribution for all uses, forms, and
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derivative expressions of the Work, for as long as such works
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exist.
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All other rights (copying, modification, distribution, commercial
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usage, embedding, transformation, and relicensing) are granted
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without limit, subject only to the Attribution requirement in
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Section 3.
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====================================================================
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1 “Work”
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Means all original material authored by R.A. James and contained in
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this repository or distribution, including but not limited to:
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• Source code (C, C99, Forth, Lua, Shell, Make, R, etc.)
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• Scripts, utilities, or build logic authored by the Author
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• Documentation, specifications, design notes, diagrams
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• Experimental results, datasets, logs, formulas, methodology
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• Architectural descriptions, comments, and metadata
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• Any other authored artifact not explicitly marked otherwise
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1.2 “Derivative Work”
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Means any work, binary, dataset, document, or artifact that is based
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on, incorporates, adapts, modifies, extends, translates, uses, or
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includes the Work in whole or in part.
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1.3 “Distribution”
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Means any conveyance of the Work or Derivative Work, via any medium,
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including but not limited to source, binary, printed materials,
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embedded devices, firmware, ROMs, VMs, datasets, or digital archives.
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1.4 “Author”
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Means the individual human being R.A. James (“Captain Bob”), whose
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authorship and attribution rights are preserved in perpetuity.
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2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
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2.1 Permissions Granted
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Subject to the Attribution requirement in Section 3, the recipient is
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granted a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free copyright
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license to:
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• use the Work for any purpose;
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• copy the Work;
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• modify the Work;
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• merge or combine the Work with other works;
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• distribute or publish the Work;
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• create Derivative Works;
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• sublicense the Work;
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• relicense the Work under any terms the recipient chooses,
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provided that the Attribution requirements of Section 3
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are preserved;
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• embed or incorporate the Work in hardware, firmware, systems,
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devices, products, or services;
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• use the Work for commercial, scientific, educational, personal,
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or artistic purposes;
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• preserve, archive, or reproduce the Work in any form.
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2.2 No Additional Restrictions
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No conditions or obligations apply except those explicitly stated in
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Section 3 (Attribution) and Section 8 (Patents).
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3. PERMANENT ATTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT
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3.1 Mandatory Attribution
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All distributions of the Work or any Derivative Work MUST include
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the following attribution, clearly and permanently:
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“Portions of this software are derived from works by
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R.A. James (Captain Bob).”
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3.2 Placement Requirements
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Attribution must appear in at least one of the following forms,
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appropriate to the medium of distribution:
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(a) In source form:
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- In source file headers, or
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- In a LICENSE or NOTICE file included with the distribution.
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(b) In binary or compiled form:
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- In a NOTICE file included with the distribution, OR
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- In binary metadata, manifest, or “About” dialog, OR
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- In accompanying documentation.
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(c) In documentation, research papers, or presentations:
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- In acknowledgments, footnotes, citations, or equivalent.
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3.3 Condition of License
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Attribution under this Section is a condition of the copyright
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license grant. Failure to comply with this Section constitutes
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copyright infringement and automatically terminates the rights
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granted under this license.
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3.4 Non-Removal Clause
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Attribution MAY NOT be removed, obscured, minimized, or concealed.
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Downstream recipients MUST retain it.
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3.5 No Endorsement
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Attribution does not imply that the Author endorses any Derivative
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Work or use.
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4. IRREVOCABILITY AND LONGEVITY
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4.1 Irrevocable License
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This license and all rights granted under it are perpetual and
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irrevocable, subject only to termination for failure to comply with
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Section 3.
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4.2 Survival Through Forks
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This license binds all forks, redistributions, transformations,
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derivative works, archival copies, and preserved materials.
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4.3 Moral Rights
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To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Author’s
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moral right of attribution is asserted and not waived. Where moral
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rights are not recognized, the Attribution requirement remains
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enforceable as a condition of copyright.
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5. THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS
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Components not authored by the Author remain under their original
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licenses and are clearly marked. This license does not alter or
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replace third-party licenses.
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6. NO WARRANTY
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THE WORK IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
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OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
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NONINFRINGEMENT.
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THE AUTHOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER
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LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE WORK OR ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF.
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7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
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FROM THE USE OF THE WORK, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
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DAMAGE.
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8. PATENTS
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This license does not grant any rights under any patents held by the
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Author, except to the extent necessary to exercise the rights granted
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under this license.
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No patent rights are granted for uses outside the scope of this
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license.
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9. SUMMARY (NON-BINDING)
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This license is intentionally permissive and grants broad freedom of
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use, modification, distribution, and commercialization.
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Its sole binding condition is permanent attribution to the original
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Author.
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