The Belofte license.
(version 0.2 - 10/01/2006)
About
Belofte is a promising chess program.
Belofte is a Flemish word that can be translated as 'a Promise' or 'someone with potential'. In this context, the latter is the intended meaning. The most correct translation would be 'A promising chess program'. It is pronounced as 'b-euh-loft-euh'.
Warranty
There is no warranty for the use of the program. The author or the distributor cannot be held responsible in any case for the use or the inability of the use of the program. Neither can any claim be expressed for damages caused by the use of the program.
Conditions
No part of this license can be changed in any circumstance. Any dispute over the license terms should be handled on Belgian territory according to Belgian law.
Each copy of the program should be distributed with this license file included.
License terms
This program is available under a hybrid license. The license terms depend on the group that catagorises you best with regard of your use of the program. (E.g. You are a chairman of a very big software company but use the program for leisure at home, you fall in the category of license group 1 or 2.)
The license terms of the highest category apply and continue to apply even if the license is transferred. Lowering of the license category can only be done by a written and signed approval by the author. Obviously, the initial instance is distributed under group category 1.
License group 1:
You are a student or a teacher using the program for teaching purposes.
You are a non-profit organisation recognised by the united nations.
You are releasing software with source code under the GNU license.
You are a private user using the program for personal use and you are not part of license group 2.
License conditions for group 1:
The program and its source code falls under the GNU GPL Version 2, June 1991. The license terms can be found in a separate file.
License group 2:
You are an US citizen.
You are or work for an US based company or a company under US law, or a foreign branch of those companies.
You are a US non-profit organisation.
You are releasing without source code under the GNU license.
In case you are a student or a teacher using the program for teaching purposes, you fall under group 1.
License conditions for group 2:
The source code is not available for you. The usage of the binary falls under the GNU GPL Version 2, June 1991. The license terms can be found in a separate file.
License group 3:
You want to use this program for commercial purposes.
You are or work for an US based commercial company or a commercial company under US law, or a foreign branch of those companies.
You are working for Microsoft or are Microsoft or a company owned by them or one of their major stakeholders.
You do not fall in any of the above categories.
License conditions for group 3:
You are not allowed to use the program nor the source code without a prior written agreement undersigned both by the author and yourself.
You can also opt for a one time sign-off payment of 10 Million EUR for use of a single version of the source code or part thereof of a single release. In case you use the binary and not the source code, you can opt for a yearly fee of 10 Thousand EUR per running instance and a single fee of 1 Thousand EUR per redistribution to a sub-licensee. Sub-licensees will continue to fall into category 3. You will also be held responsible for any costs incurred for verifying that you comply with the number of versions or instances used.
Belofte is owned by Yves Debilloëz