This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) except as noted by the license below.
"The main license" refers to the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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"The main repository" refers to the repository where most of The software's development occurs, and/or where The source code of The software itself (or at least it’s primary / most important parts) is hosted, not implying that other code repositories that are directly linked to the project are to be excluded by the terms of the Vuelto License.
The software is, by default, licensed under the terms of the main license unless otherwise specified, as the license of The software can change under the conditions outlined by Sections 2 and 3 of the Vuelto License.
The software shall be deemed "unmaintained" if any of the following conditions are met:
- The project repository has been archived or set to read-only.
- The project has been officially pronounced as "dead", "unmaintained", or something else with the same meaning by The maintainer(s).
- No substantial code contributions (beyond minor maintenance tasks or dependency updates) have been made to The main repository for a continuous period of 1.5 years (18 months).
If The software is determined to be unmaintained as per the conditions above, the license for The software automatically changes to the MIT License as follows:
MIT License
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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SOFTWARE.The decision on whether The software is unmaintained will be made by the original maintainer(s) or the designated project governance body, if any. In the absence of such a body, the community of contributors may reach a consensus according to the project's documented processes.
If The software is declared unmaintained by The maintainer(s), the change shall be communicated by an update to The sroject's "README file", website, or any other mean of communication that makes this change clear.
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- VL-C (Vuelto License-Copyright). Identifier: "VL-Cv1.1".
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The source code is copyrighted and licensed under the terms of the Primary License (GNU GPLv3 or later). However, if The software license changes to the MIT License under the conditions outlined in Section 3, this copyright on The source code no longer applies, and The source code is included under the MIT License.