In the spirit of innovation, collaboration, and the enduring belief in the freedom to use, study, share, and improve software, we introduce the Commercial Operators Open Source License (COOL). This license is crafted with the hope of fostering a vibrant ecosystem where commercial entities and individual contributors alike can contribute to a flourishing open source community.
"The License" refers to the terms and conditions for the use, copying, distribution, and modification set forth in this document.
"The Software" refers to the covered work governed by this License.
"You" refers to any individual or legal entity exercising permissions granted by this License.
With the goal of fostering an open and collaborative world, the authors of the Software hereby grant you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual license, subject to the terms of this License, to:
a) Use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software.
b) Permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do likewise, subject to the following conditions.
Your exercise of the granted rights is conditioned upon compliance with the following:
a) Preservation of copyright notices, this License, and the disclaimer provided, within all copies of the Software or substantial portions thereof.
b) Inclusion of a clear attribution to the original authors, preserving all notices of copyright, patent, or trademark rights, specifically including author information and a direct website link as specified by the authors.
c) Ensuring that any modifications, including derivative works, are offered under the same terms of this License, without additional restrictions.
d) Acknowledgment that the use of the Software's name or contributors' names for endorsement of derived products without prior written consent is not permitted.
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, COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR THEIR CONSTITUENTS 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.
If you violate any term of this License, your rights under this License will terminate automatically. Upon termination, all rights granted to you under this License cease, and you must cease all use, distribution, and development of the Software.