Various-Per-Component License (VPCL) v1.0
Release date: 2025-08-18

Copyright (c) 2025 Łael Al-Halawani

TL;DR (non-binding summary)
• This package is a compilation that contains multiple “Components.” Each Component keeps its own license (“Effective Terms”).
• You may use the package (in whole or in part) only to the extent allowed by the Effective Terms of the specific Components you use.
• The Publisher licenses only the Compilation Materials (glue, packaging, metadata, etc.) under Section 3 and does not claim ownership or authorship of third-party Components.
• Per-Component authors, disclaimers, and license requirements are provided in the accompanying Documentation; consult it for the definitive terms for each Component.

This license is not legal advice.

1. Definitions
1.1 “Component” means any discrete file, library, model, dataset, media, documentation, or other material included in this package that is governed by its own license authored by its respective rightsholder(s).
1.2 “Compilation” means the selection, arrangement, and packaging of Components together with Compilation Materials.
1.3 “Compilation Materials” means materials authored by the Publisher to create, organize, or operate the Compilation, such as build/orchestration scripts, wrappers, configuration, and indexing/metadata (excluding the Components themselves).
1.4 “Documentation” means the materials shipped with this package that identify each Component and its Effective Terms (for example: manifests, SBOMs, NOTICE files, per-file headers, or other license listings).
1.5 “Effective Terms” for a Component are the license(s) and notices that govern that Component, as identified in the Documentation.

2. Scope and Precedence
2.1 VPCL governs only the Compilation and the Compilation Materials. It grants no rights in any Component beyond its Effective Terms.
2.2 If there is any conflict between this license and a Component’s Effective Terms, the Effective Terms control for that Component.
2.3 The Compilation may be used in whole or in part. Users may extract and use any subset of Components, provided the Effective Terms for those Components are respected.

3. License Grant for Compilation Materials
3.1 Subject to your compliance with this License, the Publisher grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable copyright license to use, reproduce, modify, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Compilation Materials.
3.2 Conditions:
     (a) Preservation. Retain this VPCL text with any distribution of the Compilation Materials.
     (b) Attribution. Preserve any copyright and attribution notices for the Compilation Materials.
     (c) No Endorsement. Do not imply endorsement by the Publisher or any Component author.
3.3 VPCL imposes no additional requirements on Components; Component-level obligations stand on their own.

4. Pass-Through Permission and User Responsibility
4.1 Permitted Use. You are permitted to use this package—and any subset of Components—only to the extent allowed by the Effective Terms applicable to the Components you choose to use or distribute.
4.2 Responsibility to Consult Documentation. It is your responsibility to consult the Documentation included with this package to determine the Effective Terms (including attribution, NOTICE, share-alike, source-availability, field-of-use, or “research-only” restrictions) for each Component you use. The Documentation, not this VPCL text, lists the definitive component-specific requirements.
4.3 No Implied Relicensing. VPCL does not relicense, supersede, weaken, or strengthen any Component’s Effective Terms.

5. Publisher’s Representations; Non-Ownership
5.1 Rights to Publish. The Publisher represents that, to the best of its knowledge and based on the Effective Terms, it has the necessary rights granted by the respective Component licenses to publish and redistribute this Compilation as assembled.
5.2 No Claim of Ownership/Authorshi p. Except for the Compilation Materials, the Publisher does not claim ownership or authorship of Components and does not assert any additional rights in them beyond those stated in their Effective Terms.
5.3 Trademarks and Names. No rights are granted to use the Publisher’s or any third party’s trademarks, service marks, or trade names.

6. Notices, Attribution, and Integrity
6.1 Preservation. You must preserve each Component’s license text (or canonical reference permitted by that license), copyright and attribution notices, and any mandatory NOTICE or attribution text in accordance with the Effective Terms.
6.2 Documentation Location. Required disclaimers, authors, and other license requirements for Components are included in the Documentation accompanying this package and are not necessarily part of this VPCL text.
6.3 Clarity. Do not remove, obscure, or alter license headers or metadata in a way that hinders identification of Effective Terms.

7. Distribution and Subsetting
7.1 You may redistribute the Compilation, or any subset of Components, provided you include: (a) this VPCL license; (b) the relevant portion of the Documentation identifying the included Components and their Effective Terms; and (c) all required license texts and notices for those Components.
7.2 If you provide tools or interfaces that let users select subsets (e.g., “commercial-only” vs “research-only”), those tools must faithfully reflect the Effective Terms as documented.

8. Copyleft, Data, and Models
8.1 Copyleft. If you create a derivative work of a copyleft Component, that derivative is subject to that Component’s copyleft terms. VPCL adds no alternative copyleft.
8.2 Databases/Datasets. If a Component is a database or dataset with attribution or share-alike obligations, you must satisfy those obligations for any public use or distribution of the database and any “Produced Works” defined by the Component’s license.
8.3 Models. If a Component is a machine-learning model with allowed-use restrictions (e.g., research-only or field-of-use limitations), you must comply with those restrictions for the model, its derivatives, and any deployment that uses it.

9. Patents
9.1 VPCL does not grant patent rights in Components. Patent rights (if any) for the Compilation Materials are granted only to the extent necessary to exercise the rights in Section 3.

10. Warranty Disclaimer
THE COMPILATION AND COMPONENTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOUR USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

11. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE PUBLISHER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LICENSE OR THE USE OF THE COMPILATION OR COMPONENTS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

12. Termination
12.1 Your rights under Section 3 terminate automatically if you materially breach this License and fail to cure within 30 days of notice. Rights under independent Component licenses are governed by those licenses.
12.2 Provisions that by their nature should survive (including Sections 2, 5–11) shall survive termination.

13. Versioning
13.1 This is VPCL version 1.0. New versions may be published. You may continue to use this version, or (at your option) apply a later version to your fork or distribution.

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