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Set License to BSL 1.1
Updated the Additional Use Grant section with revised royalty terms and reporting instructions.
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# BSL 1.1
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**Parameters**
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* **Licensor:** Tolin Simpson
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* **Licensed Work:** The LLMVCS software, including the pseudocode algorithm description, JavaScript reference implementation, and associated documentation.
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* **Additional Use Grant:**
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* **1.** Free Use: You may use the Licensed Work for personal, educational, and non-commercial purposes.
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* **2.** Small Business Use: Commercial use is permitted for entities with an annual gross revenue of less than $1,000,000 USD.
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* **3.** Enterprise Sales & Royalties: If you sell a product, service, or derivative work incorporating the Licensed Work (or its logical reimplementation) to an Enterprise (any entity with $\ge$ $1,000,000 USD annual revenue), you are granted a license provided you pay the Licensor a 10% royalty of the gross sale price.
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* **4. Reporting & Licensing:** Any user triggering the Enterprise Sales clause must notify the Licensor privately. To do so, navigate to the Security tab of the original code repository and select "Report a vulnerability." Use this private channel to disclose sales reports and request royalty payment instructions. This keeps your business data and the Licensor's identity secure.
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* **Change Date:** Date 4 years from January 23, 2026
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* **Change License:** MIT
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### Terms of the Business Source License
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**1. Grant of License.** The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and use the Licensed Work subject to the restrictions below.
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**2. Restrictions.** Your use of the Licensed Work is limited by the **Additional Use Grant** above. If your use or your customer's use exceeds the limits of the Additional Use Grant (specifically regarding Enterprise sales), you must contact the Licensor to negotiate a commercial royalty or license.
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**3. Attribution.**
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Any derivative work, regardless of the programming language used, must include a clear attribution to the Licensor and a link to the original repository.
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**4. Change to Open Source.**
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On the **Change Date**, or on the tenth anniversary of the first public release of the Licensed Work (whichever is earlier), this license will automatically convert to the **Change License** specified above.
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**5. Copyright.**
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The Licensor retains all intellectual property rights, including copyright, in the Licensed Work and the underlying algorithmic logic described therein.

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