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title: BSD 3 Clause with Social Exception.

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# BSD 3 Clause with Social Exception

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Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER>

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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# Social Retain Exception
## 1. Terms
1. "We" or "us" means the copyright holder(s).
2. "the original license" means the BSD 3 Clause license.
3. "original distribution source" means places where we place artifact that in form of source code or binary form and is under controll of us.
4. "licensee" means every entity who has given the right to use in some portion by the original license.
5. "direct link" means [a URL or some method to access] to original districution source without adsense nor wait-time.

## 2. Exempt conditions
We explicitly permit the following "alternative retain method" in addition to original condition which is defined in article 2 of the original license if following conditions are met:

1.  with a direct link and a short paragraph which implies usage of this product in following place if the licensee uses this product in VRChat:
  a. bio of licensee's account
  b. description of world page
  c. in-game credit in world page
2. It may be substituted with a direct link in a "comment", UIX, or similar component that does not affect to user if licensee uses this product in NeosVR or Resonite.
3. It may be 

This exception can be removed by licensee if licensee does not want to leave as is.

## 3. Disclaimer
1. Each company's names or product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks for each company.
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