MiTTY

Code License managed by samtarling, submitted on 2014/05/06. #Open Source

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Quick Summary

MiiTY (sometimes MiTY) means "Mine (ii) Then Yours". You may modify and distribute only with explicit permission from the author while the license is in effect. The license only stays in effect for 90 days from a release/licensing date. After, you can do what you want (similar to WTFPL).

Can
Modify

Describes the ability to modify the software and create derivatives.
Distribute

Describes the ability to distribute original or modified (derivative) works.

Cannot
Relicense

You may not freely relicense the source code unless it is listed as a MiiTY compatible license at (http://www.samtarling.co.uk/dev/MiiTYLicense.html).

Must
Contact Author

You must get permission from author.

Fulltext

Full License Text

MiiTY License Version 1.0

0. Definitions.

"This License" refers to MiiTY Version 1.0
"The Program" refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this License. Each licensee is addressed as "you". "Licensees" and "recipients" may be individuals or organizations.

1. No modification or distribution.

This licensing period begins when the license text included with the program is dated.
The licensing period for No modification or distribution is 90 (ninety) days. This means that you are not permitted to modify the source code or distribute it to others WITHOUT the permission of the program's creator.
At the end of this licensing period, Section two becomes effective.

2. Free use, modification and distribution.

At the end of Section one's licensing period, you are hereby granted permission to "do whatever you want" with the code. This includes, but is not limited to, modification, distributing verbatim copes of the source code, distributing modified copies of the source code. While doing this, you must adhere to the conditions of Section three.

3. Further conditions.

The only further conditions of this license is that all modified or verbatim copies of the Program's source code must be licensed under a MiiTY-friendly license (which are available at www.samtarling.co.uk/dev/MiiTYLicense.html) and that when licensed under MiiTY, the following is in the "license.txt":

"This program is licensed under MiiTY Version 1.0. You're free to do what you want with the source of this program IF 90 (ninety) days have passed from [insert licensing date]. Please see www.samtarling.co.uk/dev/MiiTYLicense.html for the full license text"

4. Clarifications.

I'm not a lawyer, nor have I ever been taught law. This license probably (definitely) has major flaws and loopholes. Please use your common sense when licensing programs under this license.

I consider it ethical to edit the licensing date on each major version release. For example, when the first version of your program is released, the licensing date could be 20/11/13. When the next version is released, you could update the licensing date to 29/11/13.