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+DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE
+
+TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
+
+Copyright © 1999-2001 Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org>
+Verbatim copying of this document is permitted, in any medium.
+
+0. PREAMBLE.
+
+Copyright law gives certain exclusive rights to the author of a work,
+including the rights to copy, modify and distribute the work (the
+"reproductive," "adaptative," and "distribution" rights).
+
+The idea of "copyleft" is to willfully revoke the exclusivity of those
+rights under certain terms and conditions, so that anyone can copy and
+distribute the work or properly attributed derivative works, while all
+copies remain under the same terms and conditions as the original.
+
+The intent of this license is to be a general "copyleft" that can be
+applied to any kind of work that has protection under copyright. This
+license states those certain conditions under which a work published
+under its terms may be copied, distributed, and modified.
+
+Whereas "design science" is a strategy for the development of
+artifacts as a way to reform the environment (not people) and
+subsequently improve the universal standard of living, this Design
+Science License was written and deployed as a strategy for promoting
+the progress of science and art through reform of the environment.
+
+1. DEFINITIONS.
+
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+END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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