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Initial 'public specification license' added as LICENSE file.
n8willis Mar 24, 2023
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license: revise and clarify code-snippet and quotation language. Add …
n8willis Mar 27, 2023
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license: fix missing word in Implementation section; calrify that an …
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license: regularize usage of 'these documents' vs 'the work'. Using '…
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(copied from the git note for 733a844 because it seems those are not visible on GitHub anymore)

This commit fixes an error in the 'above/below' wording caused by me rearranging things. It also attempts to clarify the wording around permitting code-snippets to be reused without condition.

A lingering question is whether or not the license needs to specify that the covered bits are marked up with particular semantic tags. That would be easy to do for a fixed output, like HTML <code>, <pre>, and <tt>, but would not be very flexible if someone regenerated LaTeX output, for instance.

Finally, this commit adds a 'do not make quotations of longer than 20% of the original work' clause to the quotation section. This is an arbitrary number, but the intent is to stop a potential bad actor from quoting 100% of the work in a comment and sneaking around the other terms that way. It may warrant further revision, since I am not certain that 20% is a useful number when all of the character tables and build documents are included.

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(copied from the git note for 883cd63 because it seems those are not visible on GitHub anymore)

The intent of the "these documents"/"the work" distinction here is that we want to be clear when enumerating permissions that pertain to the entire work, such as redistributing it, and still be clear when discussing activities that would only apply to one page/paragraph/idea. E.g., you might implement support for JUST ONE shaping model, so the Implementation section doesn't say you have to implement 'the work' in order to be in compliance. Not sure everyone will find that nuance useful, but they might.

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## Copying and redistributing the documents

Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, and distribute this work in
unmodified form, for any purpose, without fee or royalty, provided
UNMODIFIED form, for any purpose, without fee or royalty, provided
that you include the following on all copies of the document that you
use:

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2. A link or URL to the original document.


## Modifying
### Modifying

No right to create modifications or derivatives of these documents is
granted pursuant to this license, except as follows:

1. References and quotations to facilitate implementation are
permitted as described above.
permitted as described below.

2. Translations of the full work into other languages are permitted,
provided that such translations retain this full license, including
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3. Proposing and discussing patches, changes, and other updates is
permitted, and is not considered creating a modified or derivative
version of this work provided that such proposals or discussions
preserve the attributions and direct links to the original. The
publication of derivative works of this document for use as a
technical specification is expressly prohibited.
preserve the attributions and direct links to the original.

The publication of derivative works of this document for use as a
technical specification is expressly prohibited.


## Implementation
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not required to be distributed under the terms of this license.


### Code components and symbol names

## Code snippets and symbol names
Code components, formulas, and symbols or tokens (including the names
used for constants, variables, and functions), clearly distinguished
by formatting as code elements in the work, are provided as
examples.

Code snippets, formulas, and symbols or tokens, including the names
used for constants, variables, and functions, in the work are not, by
themselves, considered copies of the work.
Usages of these examples in an implementation of the behavior and
logic described in this work are not considered copies of the work.

Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, and distribute these code
snippets, formulas, and symbols or tokens, for any purpose, without
components, formulas, and symbols or tokens, for any purpose, without
fee or royalty, in modified or unmodified form.


## References and quotations
### References and quotations

To facilitate implementation of the specification set forth in this
work, permission is granted to prepare and distribute partial
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3. Such quotations retain any chapter and section numbering as
included in the original quoted segment.

4. Such quotations do not exceed 20% of the length of this work.


## Disclaimers
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