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Gift Community License
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GCL-1.0.txt
Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER>
I/We license this software to you in the spirit of the gift. This means:
1. You MAY do whatever you want with it.
2. You MAY offer to reciprocate with your own gifts of feedback, product, labor,
money, etc.
3. If you make a lot of money with this gift, you SHOULD offer to reciprocate
with a lot of money.
4. I/We MAY accept or reject your reciprocal gifts.
5. You MUST include this license with any redistribution.
The key words "MUST", "SHOULD", and "MAY" in this document are to be
interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
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chadwhitacre commented Feb 26, 2026

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chadwhitacre commented Feb 26, 2026

Prior art: https://spdx.org/licenses/Giftware.html

No GCL in SPDX, FTR.

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