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Copyright (C) 2020 Derek G Lane

Permission is hereby granted to any individual or legal entity obtaining a copy of this licensed 
work (including the source code, documentation and/or related items, hereinafter collectively 
referred to as the "licensed work"), free of charge, to deal with the licensed work for any 
purpose, including without limitation, the rights to inspect, use, modify, reproduce, prepare 
derivative works of, publish, distribute and sublicense the licensed work, subject to the 
following conditions:

1. The individual or the legal entity must conspicuously display, without modification, this 
License and notice on each redistributed or derivative copy of the Licensed Work.
2. No Harm (Hippocratic License): The software may not be used by anyone for systems or 
activities that actively and knowingly endanger, harm, or otherwise threaten the physical, 
mental, economic, or general well-being of other individuals or groups, in violation of the 
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (https://www.un.org/en/universal-
declaration-human-rights/).
3. Services (Hippocratic License): If the Software is used to provide a service to others, the 
licensee shall, as a condition of use, require those others not to use the service in any way 
that violates the No Harm clause above.
4. Anti-996 Clause 2: The individual or the legal entity must strictly comply with all applicable 
laws, regulations, rules and standards of the jurisdiction relating to labor and employment where 
the individual is physically located or where the individual was born or naturalized; or where 
the legal entity is registered or is operating (whichever is stricter). In case that the 
jurisdiction has no such laws, regulations, rules, and standards or its laws, regulations, rules 
and standards are unenforceable, the individual or the legal entity are required to comply with 
Core International Labor Standards.
5. Anti-996 Clause 3: The individual or the legal entity shall not induce or force its 
employee(s), whether full-time or part-time, or its independent contractor(s), in any methods, to 
agree in oral or written form, to directly or indirectly restrict, weaken or relinquish his or 
her rights or remedies under such laws, regulations, rules, and standards relating to labor and 
employment as mentioned above, no matter whether such written or oral agreement are enforceable 
under the laws of the said jurisdiction, nor shall such individual or the legal entity limit, in 
any methods, the rights of its employee(s) or independent contractor(s) from reporting or 
complaining to the copyright holder or relevant authorities monitoring the compliance of the 
license about its violation(s) of the said license.
6. Peonage Clause: No employee of the individual or legal entity shall be permitted to modify or 
inspect the source code of the software, or the source code of derivative works, as long as the 
employee is employed as a “supervisor”, as defined in section 2(11) of the United States National 
Labor Relations Act.
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which it is so declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each portion 
and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by 
law.

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