License

Keep a Value
Copyright (c) 2026 Natan Dahan

This repository is triple-licensed, mapping license to file role:

  Part 1 - The doctrine (CC BY-ND 4.0).
           Standard.md and Runbook.md define what Keep a Value IS.
           These files are the locked doctrine. They may be shared
           with attribution but not modified.

  Part 2 - The working surface (CC BY 4.0).
           Template.md and Skeleton.md are the files adopters fill in
           or adapt to their own work. These files are free to fork,
           translate, and adapt to any team or organization's
           vocabulary, with attribution.

  Part 3 - The code (MIT).
           The Makefile and any future tooling, website, or executable
           code is licensed under MIT terms - use, modify, distribute
           freely.

The three sections below name each license in full and list the files
each one covers.

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PART 1 - THE DOCTRINE (CC BY-ND 4.0)
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Files covered by Part 1:

- README.md
- CHANGELOG.md
- LICENSE (this file)
- standard/Standard.md
- standard/Runbook.md
- standard/lineage.md
- All future prose and documentation files added to this work that
  define what Keep a Value IS

## License

This part of the work is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0).

You are free to:

  - Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
            for any purpose, even commercially.

Under the following terms:

  - Attribution - You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to
                  the license, and indicate if changes were made. You
                  may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any
                  way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your
                  use.

  - NoDerivatives - If you remix, transform, or build upon the
                    material, you may not distribute the modified
                    material.

  - No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or
                                 technological measures that legally
                                 restrict others from doing anything
                                 the license permits.

Notices:

  You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the
  material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an
  applicable exception or limitation.

  No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the
  permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other
  rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how
  you use the material.

The full legal text of this license is available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode

A human-readable summary is available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

## Translations of Part 1

Translations of the doctrine prose are Adapted Material under CC
BY-ND 4.0 and require permission from the licensor. The author of
Keep a Value authors all official translations of the doctrine.
Community-submitted translations of Standard.md and Runbook.md are
not part of the standard. For translation requests, open an issue at
https://github.com/natandahan/keep-a-value/issues.

## Forks of Part 1

Public forks of this repository on GitHub or similar platforms are
permitted only if the doctrine prose files (Part 1 above) remain
unmodified copies of the original. A fork that diverges from the
original on Part 1 files and remains publicly accessible constitutes
distribution of Adapted Material on the doctrine, and is not
permitted under CC BY-ND 4.0. Private forks for personal study are
not redistribution and are permitted.

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PART 2 - THE WORKING SURFACE (CC BY 4.0)
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Files covered by Part 2:

- standard/Template.md
- standard/Skeleton.md
- All future working-surface files - files that adopters are expected
  to fill in, adapt, translate, or specialize to their own work

## License

This part of the work is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

You are free to:

  - Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
            for any purpose, even commercially.

  - Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any
            purpose, even commercially.

Under the following term:

  - Attribution - You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to
                  the license, and indicate if changes were made.

## Why this part is BY, not BY-ND

The working surface is what teams fill in. A team adopting Keep a
Value needs to adapt the Template and Skeleton to their own domain
vocabulary, their own example projects, their own house style.
Forbidding that adaptation would forbid adoption. CC BY removes the
friction so a team can fork, translate, and specialize the working
files without permission - while attributing the standard's origin.

The doctrine (Part 1) remains locked because the doctrine is what
defines Keep a Value. The working files are the surface where the
doctrine meets the adopter's work.

The full legal text of this license is available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

A human-readable summary is available at:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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PART 3 - THE CODE (MIT)
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Files covered by Part 3:

- Makefile
- All current and future HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and tooling files

## License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Natan Dahan

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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QUOTATION, FAIR USE, AND TRADEMARKS (APPLIES TO ALL PARTS)
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## Quotation and Fair Use

Quoting excerpts of any part of this work for purposes such as
commentary, criticism, teaching, scholarship, or research is governed
by applicable law (fair use in the United States; fair dealing or
analogous exceptions in other jurisdictions) and is not restricted by
this license.

## Trademarks

"Keep a Value" and "Value Statement Test" are common-law trademarks
of Natan Dahan. None of the licenses above grant any trademark
rights. Use of these names to refer to this standard is permitted;
use of these names to label, brand, or market a different standard,
product, or service is not permitted without the licensor's written
permission.

This trademark protection is separate from the CC BY license on the
working surface (Part 2). A team that adapts the Template or Skeleton
for their own organization may not call the adapted artifact "Keep a
Value" - they must call it something else, with attribution to Keep
a Value as the source.

## Irrevocability

The licensor cannot revoke the freedoms granted by any of the
licenses above as long as you follow each license's terms.

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PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY (not a substitute for the license text above)
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For the doctrine (Part 1, CC BY-ND 4.0 - Standard.md, Runbook.md,
README.md, CHANGELOG.md, LICENSE, lineage.md):

  - You CAN copy, share, and redistribute the doctrine with credit to
    Natan Dahan.
  - You CAN quote, reference, and link to the doctrine.
  - You CAN fork the repository as long as the fork keeps Part 1 files
    unmodified.
  - You CANNOT publish a modified version of the doctrine's prose.
  - You CANNOT translate the doctrine publicly without permission.

For the working surface (Part 2, CC BY 4.0 - Template.md,
Skeleton.md):

  - You CAN copy, share, adapt, translate, and specialize the working
    files for your team or organization, with credit.
  - You CAN publish modified versions of the Template and Skeleton.
  - You CANNOT call your modified version "Keep a Value" - the
    trademark stays.

For the code (Part 3, MIT - Makefile, future tooling):

  - You CAN use, copy, modify, distribute, sublicense, and sell the
    code.
  - You MUST include the copyright notice in any copy.

For the names (trademark, all parts):

  - You CAN use "Keep a Value" and "Value Statement Test" to refer to
    this standard.
  - You CANNOT use these names to brand a different standard,
    product, or service.

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FEEDBACK
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For feedback, suggestions, and translation requests:
https://github.com/natandahan/keep-a-value/issues