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Open BSV License Version 5 – granted by BSV Association, Grafenauweg 6, 6300
Zug, Switzerland (CHE-427.008.338) ("Licensor"), to you as a user (henceforth
"You", "User" or "Licensee").
For the purposes of this license, the definitions below have the following
meanings:
"Bitcoin Protocol" means the protocol implementation, cryptographic rules,
network protocols, and consensus mechanisms in the Bitcoin White Paper as
described here https://protocol.bsvblockchain.org.
"Bitcoin White Paper" means the paper entitled 'Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer
Electronic Cash System' published by 'Satoshi Nakamoto' in October 2008.
"BSV Blockchains" means:
(a) the Bitcoin blockchain containing block height #556767 with the hash
"000000000000000001d956714215d96ffc00e0afda4cd0a96c96f8d802b1662b" and
that contains the longest honest persistent chain of blocks which has been
produced in a manner which is consistent with the rules set forth in the
Network Access Rules; and
(b) the test blockchains that contain the longest honest persistent chains of
blocks which has been produced in a manner which is consistent with the
rules set forth in the Network Access Rules.
"Network Access Rules" or "Rules" means the set of rules regulating the
relationship between BSV Association and the nodes on BSV based on the Bitcoin
Protocol rules and those set out in the Bitcoin White Paper, and available here
https://bsvblockchain.org/network-access-rules.
"Software" means the software the subject of this licence, including any/all
intellectual property rights therein and associated documentation files.
BSV Association grants permission, free of charge and on a non-exclusive and
revocable basis, to any person obtaining a copy of the Software to deal in the
Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
subject to and conditioned upon the following conditions:
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copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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For the avoidance of doubt, this license is granted subject to and conditioned
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Version 0.1.1 of the Bitcoin SV software, and prior versions of software upon
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