libertaria-stack/legal/LICENSE_COMMONWEALTH.md

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The Libertaria Commonwealth License (LCL-1.0)

Developer Summary (TL;DR)

This software belongs to the tribe. It is free to use, modify, and distribute, but you cannot privatize it.

We enforce Total Reciprocity:

  1. No Secrets: If you modify this code, you must share your changes.

  2. No "Cloud" Loophole: If you run this software as a Service (SaaS) or backend API, you must offer the source code to your users. Hiding behind a server does not exempt you.

  3. Virality: You cannot link this code into a closed-source application. If you mix your code with ours, your code becomes Commonwealth too.

Code for the common good, or not at all.


🛡️ Why LCL-1.0?

  • Anti-Monopoly: Prevents "Strip-Mining"—where corporations take open code, wrap it in a paid cloud service, and contribute nothing back.

  • SaaS-Proof: Closes the gap left by older licenses (like GPL) that didn't foresee the Cloud era.

  • Patent Disarmament: Includes a "Cold War" clause. If you sue for patents, you lose your license.

  • Fortified: Governed by Dutch Law (Amsterdam) to ensure the Commonwealth is protected by unshakeable legal certainty.

For the full legal text, see the LICENSE file.