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This patch updates the licenses with the latest updates including:

1. Generalized principal parties rather than locked to Holloway
   himself.
2. Touch up README.md and CITATION.cff.
3. Corrected the license files to be more legal and reader friendly.

Signed-off-by: (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho <me@hollowaykeanho.com>
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type: "software"
date-released: "2024-09-18"
title: "(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's BSD 3 Clauses License"
version: "1.1.0"
version: "2.0.0"
license: "CC-BY-ND-4.0"
repository: "https://github.com/ChewKeanHo/license-bsd-3"
repository-code: "https://github.com/ChewKeanHo/license-bsd-3"
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email: "hello@hollowaykeanho.com"
website: "https://www.hollowaykeanho.com"
abstract: |-
A published adapted BSD 3 Clauses License for (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho
product licensing purposes. This version adopt the Open Source Initiative's
An experimentation and academic friendly open-source license for
"(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho" (https://github.com/chewkeanho) product
licensing purposes. This version adopt the Open Source Initiative's
BSD 3 Clauses License (https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause) as its
baseline and applies the following changes:
(1) Changed "Software" to "Product" so that the license can be expanded to
non-software product licensing usage (e.g. graphics, video, etc) without
needing to spin multiple licenses.
needing to spin multiple licenses; AND
(2) Added license assignment, ratification, and tenure section to specify when
and how is the license applied.
and how is the license applied; AND
(3) Added version controlled clauses for which version shall be in effect by
default.
This repository is version controlled using Semantic Versioning definitions
where:
(1) the "MAJOR" version denotes major legal changes.
(1) the "MAJOR" version denotes major legal changes; AND
(2) the "MINOR" version denotes minor changes without altering the legal
implication side of things such as but not limited to grammar correction,
fonts, typo, and etc.
fonts, typo, and etc; AND
(3) the "PATCH" version denotes the repository management changes such as but
not limited to new language addition, updating this "README.md", and etc.
To use this license for your product licensing, you must, in layman terms,
do the following:
This license is for open-source without copyleft effect license targeting
experimental and academic publications under "(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho"
where:
(1) Attribution to the copyright holders is required.
(2) The creators are not responsible for anything of any kind.
(3) You're free to use for personal deployment at your own volition as long
as you:
(3.1) retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced
form (compiled software binary files).
(4) You're free to use for commercial deployment at your own volition as
long as you:
(4.1) retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced
form (compiled software binary files).
(5) You're free to edit/modify at your own volition as long as you:
(5.1) retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced
form (compiled software binary files).
(6) You're free to remix at your own volition as long as you:
(6.1) retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced
form (compiled software binary files).
(7) You're free to distribute the content at your own volition as long as:
(7.1) retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced
form (compiled software binary files).
(8) You're free to re-distribute the content at your own volition as long as:
(8.1) retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced
form (compiled software binary files).
(9) You're not required to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders (Copyleft effect).
(10) You're NOT ALLOWED to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above.
(1) You're free to use for personal deployment at your own volition as long
as you:
(1.1) **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
(1.2) accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
(1.3) shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
(1.4) are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
(1.5) are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect); AND
(2) You're free to use for commercial deployment at your own volition as long
as you:
(2.1) **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
(2.2) accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
(2.3) shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
(2.4) are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
(2.5) are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect); AND
(3) You're free to edit/modify at your own volition as long as you:
(3.1) **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
(3.2) accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
(3.3) shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
(3.4) are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
(3.5) are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect); AND
(4) You're free to remix at your own volition as long as you:
(4.1) **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
(4.2) accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
(4.3) shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
(4.4) are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
(4.5) are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect); AND
(5) You're free to distribute the content at your own volition as long as
you:
(5.1) **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
(5.2) accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
(5.3) shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
(5.4) are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
(5.5) are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect); AND
(6) You're free to re-distribute the content at your own volition as long as
you:
(6.1) **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
(6.2) accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
(6.3) shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you
use, be it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
(6.4) are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
(6.5) are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect).
message: |-
Please cite and reference this repository accordingly.
authors:
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# (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's BSD 3 Clauses License

A published adapted BSD 3 Clauses License for
An experimentation and academic friendly open-source license for
[(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho](https://github.com/ChewKeanHo) product licensing
purposes. This repository is version controlled using
purposes. This version adopt the
[Open Source Initiative's BSD 3 Clauses License](https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause)
as its baseline and applies the following changes:

1. Changed `Software` to `Product` so that the license can be expanded to
non-software product licensing usage (e.g. graphics, video, etc) without
needing to spin multiple licenses; AND
2. Added license assignment, ratification, and tenure section to specify when
and how is the license applied; AND
3. Added version controlled clauses for which version shall be in effect by
default.




## Version Controlled

This repository is version controlled using
[Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) definitions where:

1. the `MAJOR` version denotes major legal changes.
1. the `MAJOR` version denotes major legal changes; AND
2. the `MINOR` version denotes minor changes without altering the legal
implication side of things such as but not limited to grammar correction,
fonts, typo, and etc.
3. the `PATCH` version denotes the repository management changes such as but not
limited to new language addition, updating this `README.md`, and etc.

> **IMPORTANT NOTICE**
>
> This repository is archived does not means it's unmaintained but rather
> locking its version development.
fonts, typo, and etc; AND
3. the `PATCH` version denotes the repository management changes such as but
not limited to new language addition, updating this `README.md`, and etc.




## License Nature

This license is for open-source without copyleft effect license targeting
experimental and academic publications under `(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho` where:

1. Attribution to the copyright holders is required.
2. The copyright holders are not responsible for anything of any kind.
3. You're free to use for personal deployment at your own volition as long as
you:
1. retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be it in
its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form (compiled software
binary files).
4. You're free to use for commercial deployment at your own volition as long
as you:
1. retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be it in
its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form (compiled software
binary files).
5. You're free to edit/modify at your own volition as long as you:
1. retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be it in
its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form (compiled software
binary files).
6. You're free to remix at your own volition as long as you:
1. retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be it in
its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form (compiled software
binary files).
7. You're free to distribute the content at your own volition as long as you:
1. retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be it in
its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form (compiled software
binary files).
8. You're free to re-distribute the content at your own volition as long as
you:
1. retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be it in
its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form (compiled software
binary files).
9. You're NOT REQUIRED to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders (Copyleft effect).
10. You're NOT ALLOWED to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark without
their written notices for any uses listed above.




## Alterations

This version adopted the
[Open Source Initiative's BSD 3 Clause License](https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause)
as its baseline and applies the following changes:

1. Changed `software` to `product` so that the license can be expanded to
non-software product licensing usage (e.g. graphics, video, etc) without
needing to spin multiple licenses.
2. Added license assignment, ratification, and tenure section to specify when
and how is the license applied.
To use this license for your product licensing, you must, in layman terms,
do the following:

1. *You're free to use for personal deployment at your own volition as long
as you*:
1. **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
2. accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
3. shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be
it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
4. are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
5. are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect).
2. *You're free to use for commercial deployment at your own volition as long
as you*:
1. **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
2. accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
3. shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be
it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
4. are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
5. are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect).
3. *You're free to edit/modify at your own volition as long as you*:
1. **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
2. accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
3. shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be
it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
4. are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
5. are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect).
4. *You're free to remix at your own volition as long as you*:
1. **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
2. accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
3. shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be
it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
4. are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
5. are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect).
5. *You're free to distribute the content at your own volition as long as you*:
1. **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
2. accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
3. shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be
it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
4. are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
5. are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect).
6. *You're free to re-distribute the content at your own volition as long as
you*:
1. **MUST** Attribute to the copyright holders is required; AND
2. accepts that the creators are not responsible for anything of any
kind; AND
3. shall retain the copyright notices and effects of the product you use, be
it in its raw form (e.g. source codes) or its produced form
(compiled software binary files); AND
4. are **NOT ALLOWED** to use the creators' name, brand, and trademark
without their written notices for any uses listed above; AND
5. are **NOT REQUIRED** to expose and upstream your changes back to the
copyright holders all the way back to us (copyleft effect).



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### English

```
Copyright (C) YEAR, Legal Name <EMAIL/CONTACTS>
Copyright [YEAR] [FULL_LEGAL_NAME] [CONTACT_LIKE_EMAIL_ADDRESS]
(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's BSD 3 Clauses License
Licensed under the (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho’s BSD 3 Clauses License
(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
You may obtain a copy of the License at:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13777226
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13777226
Upon redistribution and use of the Product in its Raw Forms and Produced Forms,
with or without modification, You are permitted to do as such provided that the
following conditions are met:
(1) redistributions of the Product’s Raw Forms must retain the existing
copyright Notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer; AND
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