Beerware License

This is a reading of the license Beerware License. It covers Software. Version 2 of the model.

1. What you may do

This license permits the following.
Change license. Replacing the license of the work, or of an adaptation, with another license, or changing its terms.
Charge distribution fee. Charging a fee for the act of providing a copy of the work to someone else.
Charge license fee. Charging a fee for granting someone a license to the work.
Commercial use. Using the work to generate income, directly or indirectly, for example by selling it or by using it in advertising.
Derivative works. Distributing an adaptation of the work and making it available to the public.
Derive. Creating a new work from the work, such as a translation, adaptation or arrangement of it or of a part of it.
Display. Showing the work to the public without making a copy the viewer keeps.
Distribute. Providing copies of the work to the public or to anyone else.
Modified works. Distributing a modified version of the work that does not amount to a new, derivative work.
Modify. Altering the work, for example by updating it, without creating a new work; an alteration that creates a new work is Derive.
Present. Performing the work in public, including by broadcast or other communication to the public.
Reproduce. Making copies of the work in any form.
Sublicense. Granting a third party rights in the work under a license of the licensee's own, rather than passing on the original license.

2. What you must do

These conditions come with the permissions above.
Use a compliant license. Choosing a replacement license that stays compliant with the terms of the original license. It is a condition of change license.
Notice. Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy. It is a condition of derive.
Notice. Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy. It is a condition of distribute.
Notice. Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy. It is a condition of modify.

3. Further terms

The license states these terms about itself.
Validity period: Perpetual.
Region: Worldwide.

4. Warranty, liability and support

The license carries the following clauses, quoted from the model.
Additional clauses: "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff.

This text was generated from the machine readable model of the license. It is not legal advice, and only the license itself is binding.