Effective date: [YYYY-MM-DD]
The MerlinAU software is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.0 ("GPLv3").
This document contains additional terms authorized under Section 7 of GPLv3 for MerlinAU material whose copyright holders have authorized these terms.
These Additional Terms supplement, and do not replace, GPLv3.
Nothing in these Additional Terms is intended to restrict the rights to run, study, copy, modify, or redistribute the software that are granted under GPLv3.
These Additional Terms apply to MerlinAU material for which the applicable copyright holder or copyright holders have authorized their application.
They do not purport to impose additional terms on third-party material for which the MerlinAU project does not have authority to impose such terms.
Contributions accepted after the effective date of these Additional Terms may be distributed subject to these Additional Terms where the contributor has agreed to them.
Pursuant to Section 7(b) of GPLv3, reasonable legal notices and author attributions contained in covered MerlinAU material must be preserved.
This includes, where applicable, notices identifying:
- ExtremeFiretop as the original creator of the MerlinAU project;
- Martinski W. as an official co-author of the MerlinAU project;
- the applicable copyright notices;
- the GNU General Public License version 3.0;
- these Additional Terms; and
- the official MerlinAU project source.
The official MerlinAU project is:
https://github.com/ExtremeFiretop/MerlinAutoUpdate-Router
These requirements do not prevent a modified version from adding appropriate attribution for its own authors and contributors.
Pursuant to Section 7(c) of GPLv3, a version of covered MerlinAU material that has been modified and conveyed to others must be reasonably identified as different from the official MerlinAU version from which it was derived.
A modified version must not misrepresent its origin or represent itself as an unmodified official MerlinAU release.
Where reasonably visible to users, the modified version must identify that:
- it contains modifications to MerlinAU;
- it is not an official MerlinAU release unless expressly authorized as such by the MerlinAU project; and
- the modifications were made by persons other than the maintainers of the official MerlinAU release, where applicable.
This requirement supplements the modified-version notice requirements already contained in Section 5 of GPLv3.
Nothing in this section prevents a derivative project from truthfully describing itself as being based on, derived from, or forked from MerlinAU.
Pursuant to Section 7(c) of GPLv3, covered MerlinAU material may not be conveyed in a manner that misrepresents the origin of that material.
A person distributing a modified version must not falsely state or imply that the modifications:
- were created by the official MerlinAU project;
- were created by ExtremeFiretop;
- were created by Martinski W.;
- are maintained by the official MerlinAU project; or
- constitute an official MerlinAU release,
unless such a statement is factually correct or the distributor has received authorization to make it.
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of GPLv3, the names, usernames, or identities of MerlinAU authors, contributors, or licensors may not be used for publicity or promotional purposes in a manner that falsely implies their sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of a modified or derivative version.
This provision does not prohibit reasonable attribution or truthful statements describing the origin or history of the software.
Pursuant to Section 7(e) of GPLv3, no rights under trademark law are granted by the GPLv3 license or by these Additional Terms for the use of the following project marks:
- MerlinAU™
- MerlinAutoUpdate™
- the official MerlinAU logo or logos
- other distinctive MerlinAU project branding
Rights to copy, modify, and redistribute the underlying GPL-licensed software are separate from rights that may exist in project names, logos, and other trademarks.
Refer to TRADEMARKS.md for the MerlinAU trademark-use policy.
Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit uses of a mark that are independently permitted by applicable trademark law, including truthful use reasonably necessary to identify the origin of a derivative work.
For purposes of these Additional Terms, the official MerlinAU project is the project maintained at:
https://github.com/ExtremeFiretop/MerlinAutoUpdate-Router
A fork, clone, mirror, modified distribution, or derivative work does not become an official MerlinAU release merely because it originates from the official repository.
Official status requires authorization from the person or persons authorized to control the official MerlinAU project and its branding.
These Additional Terms are intended to fall only within the categories permitted by Section 7 of GPLv3.
They do not prohibit:
- creating a fork;
- privately modifying MerlinAU;
- publicly distributing a modified version;
- changing MerlinAU functionality;
- removing or replacing MerlinAU functionality; or
- creating an independently maintained derivative,
provided the applicable requirements of GPLv3 and valid Additional Terms are followed.
If any provision of this document would constitute a "further restriction" prohibited by GPLv3 rather than a valid Section 7 additional term, that provision is not intended to restrict rights otherwise granted by GPLv3.
These Additional Terms apply only to MerlinAU material released with a notice stating that these Additional Terms apply.
Earlier copies of MerlinAU received without these Additional Terms remain governed by the licensing terms applicable to those copies.
MerlinAU™ / MerlinAutoUpdate™
Official project: https://github.com/ExtremeFiretop/MerlinAutoUpdate-Router