License Foundation

INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE LICENSE

VERSION 1.0

20 March 2026

Copyright 2026 License Foundation. https://license.foundation

All rights reserved except as expressly granted herein.

PREAMBLE

This License is an international free software license grounded in the universal framework of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, and the WIPO Copyright Treaty. These treaties, ratified by the vast majority of the world's sovereign states, establish the legal foundation upon which this License operates in virtually every jurisdiction on Earth.

This License is drafted to be self-sufficient under international treaty law. It does not depend on, incorporate, or require reference to the law of any single nation, regional bloc, or supranational entity. No provision of this License shall be construed as grounded in, derived from, or contingent upon the domestic law of any particular state or group of states. It recognizes that software is simultaneously protected as a literary work under copyright, per the Berne Convention, the TRIPS Agreement, and the WIPO Copyright Treaty, that compilations of data are protected under Article 5 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty, and that software may embody patentable inventions under patent law. It further recognizes the moral rights of authors as inalienable and perpetual in the majority of legal systems, as established by Article 6bis of the Berne Convention.

The purposes of this License are:

  1. To guarantee that this software remains free and open source in perpetuity, such that any person may use, study, modify, and redistribute it.
  2. To require that when the software is made available over a network, the complete corresponding source code must be made available to all users of that network service.
  3. To retain all patent rights in the Licensor's inventions embodied in this software, granting only a narrow, conditional patent license to Licensees for the specific purpose of exercising their rights under this License.
  4. To protect the moral rights of the original authors, including the right of attribution and the right of integrity, as recognized by the Berne Convention and the national laws of the overwhelming majority of states.
  5. To address modern threats to software freedom, including the production of derivative works through artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, the application of technological protection measures that restrict user freedoms, concerns of data sovereignty and digital autonomy, and the erosion of user control over their own computing.
  6. To establish a license that is internationally enforceable without privileging or depending upon the courts, laws, or legal traditions of any single nation, regional bloc, or geopolitical alliance.

ARTICLE 0. DEFINITIONS

"THIS LICENSE" means the International Software License, Version 1.0.

"THE SOFTWARE" means any copyrightable work licensed under this License, in any form: source code, object code, documentation, data files, and any associated materials distributed alongside it.

"SOURCE CODE" means the preferred form of the Software for making modifications to it. For compiled languages, this includes all source files, build scripts, configuration files, interface definitions, and any scripts used to control compilation, installation, and execution. Source Code must be sufficient for a competent developer to build, install, modify, and run the Software without requiring additional proprietary tools or information.

"OBJECT CODE" means any non-Source-Code form of the Software, including compiled binaries, bytecode, minified scripts, and any machine-generated representation.

"THE LICENSOR" means the copyright holder or holders who place the Software under this License, or any person or entity authorized by them to do so.

"LICENSE STEWARD" means the original publisher of this License: License Foundation (https://license.foundation). Only the License Steward may publish revised or new versions of this License.

"LICENSEE" or "YOU" means any natural or juridical person who exercises rights under this License.

"MODIFICATION" means any change to the Software, including additions, deletions, translations, adaptations, arrangements, transformations, and any other alterations that, under the applicable law of any Berne Convention contracting state, would constitute the creation of a derivative work or an adaptation of the original.

"MODIFIED VERSION" means the Software, or any substantial part of it, combined with or incorporating one or more Modifications.

"DISTRIBUTION" means any act by which a copy of the Software or a Modified Version is made available to another person, whether by physical transfer, electronic transmission, download, or any other means of conveyance recognized under the law of any Berne Convention contracting state as publication or communication to the public.

"NETWORK USE" means making the functionality of the Software or a Modified Version available to third parties over a computer network, whether by direct interaction, through an application programming interface, as a web service, through remote procedure calls, as a platform service, as infrastructure, or by any other means through which a user may invoke, query, or otherwise make use of the Software's functionality without receiving a copy of it. Network Use explicitly includes, without limitation, software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, backend-as-a-service, function-as-a-service, API provision, and any present or future model of remote software utilization.

"CONTRIBUTION" means any Modification submitted to the Licensor or to the project maintaining the Software, by any person, with the intent of inclusion in the Software.

"CONTRIBUTOR" means any natural or juridical person who submits a Contribution.

"ESSENTIAL PATENT CLAIMS" means all claims of patents, in any jurisdiction worldwide, that are owned or controlled by the Licensor or a Contributor and that would be directly infringed by making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing, or otherwise exercising rights in the Software or the Contribution, as applicable, in the absence of this License.

"TECHNOLOGICAL PROTECTION MEASURE" means any technology, device, or component that, in the ordinary course of its operation, restricts the exercise of rights that would otherwise be available to lawful recipients of a copyrighted work, as contemplated by Article 11 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and corresponding provisions of national law.

"USER DATA" means any data that is created, uploaded, transmitted, or stored by an end user through the Software or through a service that operates the Software, and that is personal to, owned by, or generated by that end user.

"DATABASE COMPILATION" means any collection of data, works, or other materials arranged, selected, or compiled within or as part of the Software, in which the arrangement, selection, or compilation constitutes an intellectual creation protectable under Article 5 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty or equivalent provisions of the Berne Convention and TRIPS Agreement.

ARTICLE 1. GRANT OF COPYRIGHT LICENSE

Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, the Licensor hereby grants to You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, and perpetual license, for the full duration of the applicable copyright, to exercise the following rights in the Software:

  1. The right to use the Software for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction, whether for personal, educational, commercial, governmental, or any other use.
  2. The right to study and analyze the Software and its Source Code, and to adapt it to Your needs.
  3. The right to reproduce the Software, in whole or in part.
  4. The right to create Modified Versions of the Software.
  5. The right to distribute the Software or Modified Versions, whether in Source Code or Object Code form, to any person.
  6. The right to communicate the Software to the public, including by making it available for Network Use.
  7. The right to use the Software privately, including for internal use within an organization, without triggering any obligation under this License to distribute Source Code, provided that no Distribution or Network Use occurs.

The rights granted in this Article extend to any Database Compilations included in or forming part of the Software, to the fullest extent such compilations are protectable under the international treaties referenced in this License.

These rights may be exercised in any medium, format, or technology now known or hereafter developed, in any territory that is a contracting party to the Berne Convention, a member of the World Trade Organization, or a contracting party to the WIPO Copyright Treaty. These rights are granted on a non-discriminatory basis. No Licensee shall be denied these rights on the basis of who they are, what field of endeavor they are engaged in, or where they are located.

ARTICLE 2. PATENT LICENSE AND RESERVATION

2.1. LIMITED PATENT LICENSE

Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor, including the Licensor with respect to the original Software, hereby grants to You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive patent license under that Contributor's Essential Patent Claims to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, and import the Software or that Contributor's Contribution, solely to the extent necessary for You to exercise the copyright rights granted in Article 1, and solely for so long as You remain in full compliance with all terms of this License.

2.2. RESERVATION OF PATENT RIGHTS

All patent rights not expressly granted in Section 2.1 are reserved by the Licensor and each Contributor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

  1. No patent license is granted for uses of the Software that fall outside the scope of the rights enumerated in Article 1.
  2. No patent license is granted for any apparatus, system, method, or process that incorporates the Software but extends beyond the Software itself, unless such apparatus, system, method, or process is itself distributed under the terms of this License.
  3. No patent license is granted for commercial exploitation of patented inventions embodied in the Software beyond what is necessary for the exercise of the rights in Article 1, except under a separate written patent license agreement with the Licensor.
  4. The patent license granted in Section 2.1 terminates automatically as to any Licensee who initiates patent litigation, including a declaratory judgment action or counterclaim in a lawsuit, alleging that the Software or any Contribution constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement.

2.3. NO IMPLIED LICENSES

Nothing in this License shall be construed to grant any rights under any patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights of the Licensor or any Contributor, except as expressly stated herein. No patent license is granted by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.

ARTICLE 3. MORAL RIGHTS

3.1. RECOGNITION

This License recognizes and affirms the moral rights of the authors of the Software as established by Article 6bis of the Berne Convention and by the national laws of contracting states. These rights exist independently of the authors' economic rights and survive any transfer or license of those economic rights.

3.2. RIGHT OF ATTRIBUTION

You must give appropriate credit to the original authors and the Licensor of the Software in all copies, Modified Versions, and substantial uses of the Software, whether distributed in Source Code or Object Code form, or made available through Network Use. Attribution must include, at minimum:

  1. The name of the Software as designated by the Licensor.
  2. The names or pseudonyms of the original authors, or a reasonable reference to the Licensor's designated copyright notice.
  3. A reference to this License, including its name and version number.
  4. A URI or hyperlink to the Software's original Source Code repository, if one has been designated by the Licensor.

Attribution must be placed in a reasonably prominent location: in the Source Code, in the documentation, in the user interface of applications that present credits or "about" information, or in all of these, as appropriate to the form of distribution.

3.3. RIGHT OF INTEGRITY

You may not make any Modification to the Software and represent it as the unmodified work of the original authors. Modified Versions must be clearly marked as such, with a prominent notice describing the nature and date of the Modifications and identifying the person or entity responsible for them.

You may not use the name of the Licensor or the original authors to endorse or promote Modified Versions without their prior written consent.

3.4. PRESERVATION OF COPYRIGHT NOTICES

You may not remove, alter, obscure, or misrepresent any copyright notice, copyright holder name, copyright year, or authorship attribution present in the Software, its Source Code, its documentation, or any associated files. When creating a Modified Version, You may extend existing copyright notices by adding Your own copyright notice alongside the original notices, but You must not remove, replace, or diminish the visibility of the original copyright holder's name, copyright year, or copyright notice. The original copyright notices must remain in their entirety in all copies, Modified Versions, and substantial portions of the Software.

3.5. MORAL RIGHTS AND NATIONAL LAW

In jurisdictions where moral rights are recognized as inalienable and perpetual, the provisions of this Article are to be interpreted as consistent with and supplementary to those national protections. In jurisdictions where moral rights have more limited scope, the provisions of this Article constitute contractual obligations binding upon the Licensee.

ARTICLE 4. CONDITIONS ON DISTRIBUTION

4.1. SOURCE CODE AVAILABILITY

Any Distribution of the Software or a Modified Version in Object Code form must be accompanied by the complete corresponding Source Code, or by a written offer, valid for at least three years, to provide the complete corresponding Source Code to any person, at no charge beyond the reasonable cost of physically performing the conveyance.

4.2. LICENSE PRESERVATION

You must distribute the Software and any Modified Version under the terms of this License. You must include a complete copy of this License with every Distribution. You may not impose any additional restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed under this License. You may not sublicense the Software under different terms.

4.3. AUTOMATIC LICENSING OF DOWNSTREAM RECIPIENTS

Each time You distribute the Software or a Modified Version, the recipient automatically receives a license from the original Licensor and from each Contributor to exercise the rights granted under this License. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of those rights. No Licensee may require, as a condition of exercising rights under this License, that any other Licensee accept additional obligations or restrictions not present in this License.

4.4. NOTICE OF MODIFICATIONS

Every Modified Version must include a prominent notice stating:

  1. That You have modified the Software.
  2. The date or dates of the Modifications.
  3. A description of the nature of the Modifications.

This notice must be placed in each modified file and in a top-level file included with the Distribution, such as a CHANGES or CHANGELOG file.

4.5. NO TIVOIZATION

If You distribute Object Code in or with a product, including any hardware, device, embedded system, or consumer electronics, You must also provide the Installation Information necessary for the recipient to install and run Modified Versions of the Software on that product, to the same extent that You can do so. Installation Information means any methods, procedures, authorization keys, signing keys, or other information required for installing and executing Modified Versions of the Software in the product, such that the modified version functions in the same manner and to the same extent as the unmodified version. This requirement does not apply if neither You nor any third party retains the ability to install Modified Versions on the product, or if the product is designed for use in a context where safety regulations of applicable law prohibit modification by end users.

4.6. AGGREGATION

Mere inclusion of the Software alongside other independent works on a storage volume, distribution medium, container image, or repository does not, by itself, cause those other works to become Modified Versions or to fall under the terms of this License, provided they are not combined with or integrated into the Software.

ARTICLE 5. NETWORK USE IS DISTRIBUTION

5.1. NETWORK SOURCE CODE OBLIGATION

If You make the Software or a Modified Version available for Network Use, You must make the complete corresponding Source Code of the version in use available to all users who interact with the Software over the network. This obligation applies regardless of whether copies of the Software are transmitted to those users.

5.2. METHOD OF COMPLIANCE

The Source Code required by Section 5.1 must be made available through at least one of the following methods:

  1. A prominently displayed download link or equivalent mechanism accessible to all network users of the Software, from which the complete corresponding Source Code can be obtained at no charge.
  2. Transmission of the complete corresponding Source Code alongside or as part of the network interaction, in a standard format.
  3. A written offer, prominently communicated to all network users, to provide the complete corresponding Source Code by electronic transmission at no charge, valid for so long as the Network Use continues and for at least three years thereafter.

5.3. TIMELINESS

The Source Code provided under this Article must correspond exactly to the version of the Software in active Network Use. If the Software is modified after initial deployment, the updated Source Code must be made available within thirty days.

ARTICLE 6. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING

6.1. DERIVATIVE WORKS PRODUCED BY AI AND ML SYSTEMS

Any model, system, trained weights, adapter, or other work produced through the use of the Software, its Source Code, its documentation, or any data generated by the Software as training data, fine-tuning data, evaluation data, or reinforcement signal for artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural network, or statistical modeling systems shall be treated as a derivative work of the Software for the purposes of this License, to the extent it incorporates, is substantially derived from, or is specifically adapted to reproduce the expression, structure, or functional expression of the Software.

Such derivative works are subject to all the conditions of this License, including the copyleft obligations of Articles 4 and 5, unless:

  1. The derivative work is distributed under a separate written license agreement with the Licensor; or
  2. The Licensee demonstrates that the derivative work does not incorporate, reproduce, or substantially derive from the protectable expression contained in the Software.

6.2. DISTRIBUTION OF AI AND ML DERIVATIVE WORKS

Any distribution or making available of a derivative work described in Section 6.1, including making such a work available as a service, through an application programming interface, or by any other means described in the definition of Network Use, must comply with all conditions of this License, including the obligations of Articles 4 and 5. For the purposes of this Article, "distribution" of a model or trained weights includes making the model or trained weights available for download, for use through an interface, or for integration into other systems.

The complete training configuration, including the training data provenance, preprocessing steps, model architecture, hyperparameters, and training scripts, constitutes part of the Source Code of the derivative work and must be made available under the terms of Article 4.

6.3. ATTRIBUTION IN AI AND ML SYSTEMS

If the Software or its Source Code is used in the development of an artificial intelligence or machine learning system, clear attribution to the original Software and its authors must be included in the documentation, model cards, or equivalent publication materials of the resulting system, in accordance with Article 3.

6.4. GENERATED OUTPUT

If the Software generates output that constitutes or contains a reproduction or adaptation of a substantial portion of the Software's own Source Code, that output is subject to the terms of this License as if it were a Modified Version.

ARTICLE 7. TECHNOLOGICAL PROTECTION MEASURES

7.1. NO RESTRICTION ON USER RIGHTS

You may not distribute the Software or a Modified Version with any Technological Protection Measure that prevents, restricts, or conditions the exercise of any right granted by this License. This prohibition applies regardless of whether such measures are required or permitted by the laws of any jurisdiction implementing the WIPO Copyright Treaty or equivalent national provisions.

7.2. ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION WAIVER

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Licensor waives any right to forbid circumvention of Technological Protection Measures applied to the Software, and the Licensor affirms that no person who circumvents such measures for the purpose of exercising rights under this License shall be liable under anti-circumvention laws for doing so.

7.3. NO LICENSE KEYS OR ACTIVATION REQUIREMENTS

You may not distribute the Software or a Modified Version in a manner that requires the Licensee to obtain a license key, activation code, online validation, or any form of authorization from the Licensor or from any third party in order to exercise the rights granted by this License.

ARTICLE 8. INTEROPERABILITY

8.1. INTEROPERABILITY RIGHTS

Nothing in this License restricts any Licensee's right to study, decompile, reverse-engineer, or extract necessary information from the Software for the purpose of achieving interoperability with other software, systems, or protocols, to the extent that such acts are permitted under the applicable law of any Berne Convention contracting state.

8.2. INTERFACE INFORMATION

If the Software implements or exposes public interfaces, including application programming interfaces, network protocols, data formats, or similar, the specifications of those interfaces are not subject to the copyleft obligations of this License when independently reimplemented by third parties. This provision does not diminish any other obligation under this License.

ARTICLE 9. DIGITAL AUTONOMY AND USER DATA

9.1. RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

If the Software, or a service operating the Software, collects, stores, or processes User Data, the operator must provide each user with a reasonable means to export all of their User Data in at least one open, documented, and non-proprietary format. This right must be available at no charge and must be exercisable at any time during the period in which the user has access to the service.

9.2. NO DATA AS LEVERAGE

No Licensee who operates the Software as a service may condition access to User Data upon the user's acceptance of additional terms, the payment of fees, or the waiver of any right granted by this License.

9.3. CRYPTOGRAPHIC AUTONOMY

If the Software employs cryptographic keys or credentials for the purpose of securing User Data or user communications, the user must retain exclusive possession of, or the ability to independently generate, any private keys necessary to access or decrypt their own data. No Licensee who operates the Software as a service may design or deploy the Software in a manner that prevents users from exercising this right.

ARTICLE 10. CONTRIBUTIONS

10.1. LICENSE OF CONTRIBUTIONS

By submitting a Contribution to the Software, the Contributor irrevocably grants to the Licensor and to all recipients of the Software under this License a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual copyright and patent license, under the Contributor's Essential Patent Claims, on the same terms as those granted in Articles 1 and 2 of this License.

10.2. REPRESENTATION

Each Contributor represents that:

  1. They are legally entitled to grant the rights in Section 10.1.
  2. The Contribution is their original work, or they have sufficient rights in it to grant the license.
  3. The Contribution does not, to their knowledge, infringe upon any third party's intellectual property rights.

ARTICLE 11. TRADEMARKS

11.1. NO TRADEMARK LICENSE

This License does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor or any Contributor, except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the Software and in fulfilling the attribution requirements of Article 3.

11.2. MODIFIED VERSIONS AND TRADEMARKS

Modified Versions must not use the Licensor's trademarks, logos, or product names in a manner that suggests the Licensor endorses or is affiliated with the Modified Version, unless the Licensor has given prior written consent.

ARTICLE 12. TERMINATION

12.1. AUTOMATIC TERMINATION

Your rights under this License terminate automatically if You fail to comply with any material term of this License. Upon termination, You must cease all Distribution and Network Use of the Software and delete or destroy all copies in Your possession, except as necessary to comply with legal requirements.

12.2. CURE PERIOD

If You cure the violation within sixty days of becoming aware of it, or of receiving notice of it from the Licensor or any third party who has standing to enforce this License, Your rights under this License are reinstated permanently, retroactive to the date of termination, provided this is Your first such violation. For subsequent violations, reinstatement requires the express written consent of the Licensor.

12.3. SURVIVAL

The following provisions survive any termination of this License: Article 2 Sections 2.2 and 2.3, Article 3, Article 11, Article 13, Article 14, and Article 15.

ARTICLE 13. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

THE LICENSOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE FREE FROM DEFECTS, ERRORS, OR SECURITY VULNERABILITIES, THAT IT WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, OR THAT IT WILL MEET ANY PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS.

THIS DISCLAIMER IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS LICENSE. NO USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS LICENSE EXCEPT UNDER THIS DISCLAIMER.

In jurisdictions that do not permit the complete exclusion of implied warranties, the above disclaimers shall be interpreted to limit the Licensor's liability to the minimum extent permitted by the applicable law of that jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LICENSOR, ANY CONTRIBUTOR, OR ANY DISTRIBUTOR OF THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE TO ANY LICENSEE OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, SYSTEM FAILURE, SERVICE DEGRADATION, OR DEVICE MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

In jurisdictions that do not permit the complete exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the Licensor's liability shall be limited to the minimum extent permitted by the applicable law of that jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 15. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15.1. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

This License shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the international treaties referenced in the Preamble and the domestic copyright and patent laws of the jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought, to the extent those domestic laws implement or are consistent with those international obligations. No provision of this License shall be interpreted by reference to the law of any single nation unless enforcement is sought in that nation's courts, and even then only to the extent that the domestic law is consistent with the international treaty obligations referenced herein.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this License that cannot be resolved by negotiation shall be submitted to binding arbitration administered by the arbitration services of the World Intellectual Property Organization under the WIPO Arbitration Rules in effect at the time of filing, or, if such services are unavailable or inapplicable, under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in effect at the time of filing, administered by a competent appointing authority agreed upon by the parties or, failing agreement, designated by the Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. The place of arbitration shall be agreed upon by the parties or, failing agreement, determined by the administering institution or the arbitral tribunal, taking into account the circumstances of the case and the convenience of the parties. The arbitration shall be conducted in English unless the parties agree otherwise. The language of this License's English text shall control in the event of any dispute regarding its terms. The award of the arbitrators shall be final and binding and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

In the event of any inconsistency between the domestic law of any state and the treaty obligations referenced in this License, the treaty obligations shall prevail, and the arbitral tribunal or adjudicating court shall apply the treaty text directly. No party may invoke a domestic statute, regulation, or judicial precedent to diminish, override, or circumvent the rights and obligations established by the international treaties upon which this License is founded.

15.2. SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, invalid, or illegal by a court or arbitral tribunal of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, valid, and legal while preserving its original intent. If no such modification is possible, the provision shall be severed from this License, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

15.3. NO WAIVER

The failure of the Licensor to enforce any provision of this License shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or of the right to enforce it at a later time.

15.4. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This License constitutes the entire agreement between the Licensor and the Licensee with respect to the Software licensed hereunder. No modification of this License shall be binding unless in writing and signed by the Licensor.

15.5. INTERPRETATION

This License was drafted in English. If this License is translated into other languages, the English-language version shall control in the event of any inconsistency or ambiguity. Defined terms shall have the meanings set forth in Article 0 regardless of their ordinary meaning in any natural language. The headings and article numbers in this License are for convenience only and shall not affect its interpretation.

15.6. VERSIONING

The License Steward may publish revised or new versions of this License from time to time. Each version will be given a distinguishing version number. No person or entity other than the License Steward may alter, amend, or publish new versions of this License.

The Software must specify the exact version number of this License that governs it. Only the specified version applies. Neither the Licensor nor any Licensee may unilaterally substitute a different version for copies already distributed or in active Network Use.

The Licensor may adopt a different version of this License published by the License Steward for new releases of the Software by specifying the new version number in those releases. Such adoption applies only to the new release and does not retroactively change the version governing prior Distributions or Network Use.

If the Software does not specify a version number, the latest version published by the License Steward at the time of the Software's first Distribution or Network Use shall govern.

15.7. SOFTWARE AS EXPRESSION

Source code is a form of human expression. This License affirms that the free publication, distribution, and sharing of software source code is an exercise of the fundamental rights of expression, communication, and scientific inquiry recognized by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Berne Convention's protection of literary works. No provision of this License shall be construed to authorize, encourage, or require any party to restrict the free distribution of the Software's Source Code on the basis of export control regulations, classification of software as munitions, or any other measure that treats the publication of source code as anything other than an act of expression. Nothing in this License limits any Licensee's obligation to comply with the laws of their jurisdiction, but this License does not incorporate, impose, or require compliance with the export control regime of any particular state.

15.8. GOVERNMENT USE

The rights and obligations of this License apply equally to governmental entities and their agents, contractors, and subcontractors. By using, Distributing, or engaging in Network Use of the Software, any governmental entity expressly and irrevocably waives sovereign immunity, state immunity, and any analogous doctrine of governmental immunity with respect to any dispute, claim, or proceeding arising under or in connection with this License, to the maximum extent permitted by international law, including but not limited to the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property and applicable customary international law. This waiver extends to immunity from jurisdiction, immunity from pre-judgment measures, and immunity from enforcement and execution of any arbitral award or judgment rendered pursuant to this License.

No governmental entity may claim sovereign immunity, act of state doctrine, or any other governmental privilege as a defense to non-compliance with this License. Where a governmental entity has obtained the Software and placed it into use, such use constitutes consent to the terms of this License, including the dispute resolution and arbitration provisions of Section 15.1.

In jurisdictions where governmental entities are prohibited by their domestic law from waiving sovereign immunity or accepting binding arbitration, the dispute resolution provisions of Section 15.1 shall be interpreted to require submission to the competent courts of the jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought, applying the governing law provisions of this License. Such domestic limitation shall not relieve the governmental entity of any other obligation under this License.

15.9. LICENSE COMPATIBILITY

Where the Software is combined with software licensed under another free or open source license and the terms of that license conflict with this License, no Distribution or Network Use of the combined work is permitted unless the Licensor has published a supplementary compatibility notice designating that other license as compatible. In the absence of such a notice, each component must be distributed separately under its own license, and the Source Code of each component must remain available under its respective license terms.

This restriction does not apply where the other license imposes no conditions that conflict with, restrict, or contradict the terms of this License. Code licensed under licenses that require only attribution and disclaimer preservation, without additional conditions, may be incorporated into the Software without a supplementary compatibility notice, provided the attribution and disclaimer requirements of that other license are honored.

15.10. CONTINUITY AND ABANDONMENT

If the Licensor ceases to maintain or distribute the Software and does not designate a successor, the obligations of this License remain in full force and effect for all existing Licensees. Any Licensee who has received the Software under this License retains all rights granted herein, including the right to distribute, modify, and make the Software available for Network Use. No Licensee acquires any additional rights beyond those granted in this License by reason of the Licensor's abandonment.

ARTICLE 16. HOW TO APPLY THIS LICENSE TO YOUR SOFTWARE

To apply this License to your software, attach the following notice to each source file, replacing the bracketed text with your own identifying information:

Copyright [year] [copyright holder]

Licensed under the International Software License, Version 1.0
(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:

https://license.foundation/international-software-license.txt

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Also include a complete copy of this License in the top-level directory of your source distribution.