Big Time Software License

a public LICENSE that makes software free for noncommercial and small-business use, with a guarantee that fair commercial terms will be available for everyone else

You can download the most recent release from GitHub.

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Big Time is a flipped form in everyday English. If something doesn't make sense, that's the terms' fault, not yours. Please open an issue on GitHub so we can fix it.

Meta License

Each contributor grants everyone permission to do everything with The Big Time Software License that would otherwise infringe their copyright in it, under these rules:

As far as the law allows, The Big Time Software License comes as is, without any warranty at all. No one involved in writing, reviewing, or improving The Big Time Software License will be liable to you for any damages related to this license grant or use of The Big Time Software License, for any kind of legal claim.

If you make changes to The Big Time Software License, remove all mention of "Big Time" from your changed version.