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+Non-Enclosing Software License (SNESL)
+
+Version 1.0
+
+-1. Spirit of the License (Interpretation)
+
+This License exists to prevent the use of software as an instrument of coercion.
+
+In the event of ambiguity or uncertainty in the interpretation of this License, such ambiguity shall be resolved in the manner that most preserves individual autonomy, the ability to act independently, voluntary action, and the absence of involuntary obligation, and least enables coercion, enclosure, or asymmetric control.
+
+This section governs interpretation only and creates no independent rights or obligations.
+
+0. Preamble
+
+This License governs the use, modification, and distribution of the Software.
+
+By exercising any rights granted under this License, you accept its terms.
+No party is obligated to exercise any right granted herein.
+
+This License grants permissions only.
+It does not create any duty of use, labor, service, maintenance, support, security response, availability, or continued involvement by any party.
+
+Sublicensing is not permitted by this License. Distribution of the Software is not a grant of a separate sublicense. No distributor may impose additional restrictions or transfer the Software under different terms.
+
+File-level notices are informational only and do not create conditions
+beyond those stated in this License.
+
+1. Definitions
+
+- Software: “Software” means the covered work in source or object form, including any portion thereof, and any modification, derivative work, or combination incorporating the covered work.
+
+- Distribute / Distribution: “Distribute” or “Distribution” means any act of conveying the Software, or making its functionality available, to another party, whether or not consideration is exchanged, including but not limited to:
+  -   providing copies,
+  -   deploying the Software on devices not exclusively controlled by the distributor,
+  -   providing access to the Software or its functionality over a network or service,
+  -   making the Software available for execution, interaction, or use by third parties.
+
+- Control: “Control” means the ability to determine, restrict, or prevent the conditions under which the Software may be executed, modified, replaced, or continued in use, whether through technical, legal, or contractual means, including control exercised via software, hardware, firmware, boot mechanisms, or execution environments.
+
+- Single Party: “Single Party” means one legal person or any group of legal persons acting in concert or under common control, including but not limited to parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, or agents, regardless of corporate form or jurisdiction.
+
+- User: “User” means any natural person or legal entity that uses, interacts with, depends upon, or is subject to the behavior of the Software.
+
+2. You May Not Take Away Freedoms You Did Not Create
+
+Any Distribution of the Software that results in recipients or Users being unable to exercise the freedoms enumerated below in this Section is prohibited.
+
+In particular, Distribution is prohibited where the distributor or any Single Party retains Control over the Software in a manner that restricts, conditions, or revokes the ability to:
+  1. use the Software for any purpose,
+  2. study its operation,
+  3. modify it,
+  4. replace it with a modified version,
+  5. or continue using it independently of the distributor.
+
+Restrictions include, without limitation, technical or legal measures that enforce such Control, including but not limited to digital restrictions management, hardware or firmware enforcement mechanisms, or cryptographic signing requirements controlled by a Single Party.
+
+The freedoms granted by this License include, at minimum, the right to:
+
+  - use the Software for any purpose,
+  - study how the Software works,
+  - modify the Software,
+  - distribute the Software and modified versions of the Software.
+
+Any Distributed copy of the Software, modified or unmodified, must include this License in full and remain governed by it.
+
+3. No Implied Rights
+
+No contributor, assignee, transferee, or distributor may assert any patent claim owned or controlled by them to restrict, condition, or interfere with the exercise of the permissions and freedoms explicitly granted by this License with respect to the Software.
+
+Except as necessary to give effect to the foregoing limitation, this License grants no rights or licenses under any patent, trademark, or similar intellectual property right.
+
+The Software is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied.
+
+No claim is made that the Software is safe, complete, suitable, or fit for any use.
+Use of the Software is at the sole discretion and risk of the user.
+
+No reliance interest shall be inferred from the use or availability of the Software.
+
+Nothing in this License shall be interpreted to create any implied guarantee, entitlement, or right.
+
+4. No Implied Obligations
+
+No author, contributor, or upstream party assumes any obligation by virtue of authorship, contribution, publication, or distribution of the Software.
+
+The creation, release, or distribution of the Software does not constitute an offer of maintenance, support, updates, security review, coordination, or continued availability.
+
+Any labor, service, or ongoing involvement related to the Software exists only by explicit, voluntary agreement.
+Absent such agreement, no duty—whether contractual, moral, customary, or implied—shall be inferred.
+
+Requests for labor, including requests relating to defects or security issues, are requests only and create no obligation.
+
+5. License Versions
+
+This Software is licensed under Version 1.0 of the License or, at the option of any recipient, any later version of this License.
+
+Any Distribution of the Software shall preserve this option and shall not restrict the ability of recipients to apply a later version of this License.
+
+Later versions of this License shall be revisions that preserve the fundamental principles stated in Section 0 and the freedoms enumerated in Section 1.
+
+6. Non-Expansion and Severability
+
+No interpretation of this License may be used to create obligations, duties, or restrictions not explicitly stated herein.
+
+If any provision of this License is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in effect.