feat(legal): add proprietary license

Author: ReenigneArcher

legal/licenses/LB-PSL.md

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+                   LIZARDBYTE PROPRIETARY SOURCE LICENSE
+                           Version 1.0, May 2025
+
+Copyright (C) 2025 LizardByte LLC. <https://app.lizardbyte.dev/>
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
+of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+                            PREAMBLE
+
+The LizardByte Proprietary Source License is designed to allow users to view,
+modify, and contribute to the source code while reserving all distribution
+and commercialization rights exclusively to LizardByte LLC.
+
+                       TERMS AND CONDITIONS
+
+1. Definitions
+
+   "License" refers to this document.
+
+   "Licensor" refers to LizardByte LLC.
+
+   "Software" refers to the copyrightable work licensed under this License.
+
+   "Contribute" or "Contribution" means any work of authorship, including the
+   original version of the Software and any modifications or additions to that
+   Software that is intentionally submitted to the Licensor for inclusion in the
+   Software.
+
+   "Distribution" means any form of making the Software or modified versions
+   available to third parties, whether by traditional distribution channels,
+   digital transmission, Software-as-a-Service, streaming, network access, remote
+   execution, containerization, virtualization, API access, or any other method
+   now known or hereafter developed.
+
+   "Circumvention" means any act of bypassing, removing, deactivating, defeating,
+   or otherwise circumventing technological measures or business logic that
+   controls access to or enforces limitations on the use of the Software,
+   including any paid or premium features.
+
+2. Grant of Rights
+
+   Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, the Licensor grants you
+   a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to:
+
+   a. View, use, and modify the Software for personal, non-commercial purposes.
+
+   b. Create derivative works based on the Software for personal use only.
+
+   c. Contribute modifications or improvements to the original Software through
+   the official contribution channels established by the Licensor.
+
+3. Restrictions
+
+   a. Exclusive Distribution Rights: All distribution rights of the Software or
+   derivative works, in any form, are reserved exclusively to the Licensor.
+   You may not distribute the Software or derivative works to any third party
+   by any means, regardless of whether such distribution is for commercial,
+   educational, individual, charitable, or any other purpose.
+
+   b. Service Prohibition: You may not provide or make available the Software
+   as a service, including but not limited to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS),
+   managed service, hosted service, cloud service, streaming service,
+   subscription service, or any other service model now known or later
+   developed.
+
+   c. Circumvention Prohibition: You may not circumvent, remove, or disable any
+   licensing, payment, feature restriction, or access control mechanisms in
+   the Software, including mechanisms that limit functionality to paid
+   subscribers or premium users.
+
+   d. No Commercial Use: You may not use the Software for any commercial purpose
+   without explicit written permission from the Licensor.
+
+   e. No Selling: You may not sell, rent, lease, or otherwise exchange the
+   Software for value, whether monetary or otherwise.
+
+   f. No Competitive Use: You may not use the Software to develop, test, or
+   support any product or service that competes, directly or indirectly,
+   with the Licensor's products or services.
+
+   g. No Trademark Use: This License does not grant permission to use the trade
+   names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor, except
+   as required for reasonable and customary attribution.
+
+   h. No Sublicensing: You may not grant any sublicenses to the Software.
+
+4. Contributions
+
+   Any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Software shall be
+   under the terms and conditions of this License, without any additional terms
+   or conditions. By submitting a Contribution, you irrevocably agree to these
+   terms and acknowledge that the Licensor becomes the exclusive owner of the
+   Contribution. The Licensor may require a separate Contributor License
+   Agreement before accepting any Contribution.
+
+5. Attribution
+
+   All copies or substantial portions of the Software must include a copy of this
+   License and the following attribution notice:
+
+   "Contains software developed by LizardByte LLC (https://app.lizardbyte.dev)."
+
+6. Disclaimer of Warranty
+
+   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.
+
+7. Termination
+
+   This License and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon
+   any breach by you of the terms of this License. Upon termination, you must
+   cease all use of the Software and destroy all copies in your possession.
+
+8. Legal Enforcement
+
+   The Licensor reserves the right to enforce this License through legal action,
+   including but not limited to seeking injunctive relief, damages, and attorney's
+   fees for any violation of these terms.
+
+9. Miscellaneous
+
+   a. If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such provision
+   shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
+
+   b. This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject matter
+   hereof.
+
+   c. This License shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
+   Licensor is located, excluding such jurisdiction's conflicts of law provisions.
+
+   d. No waiver of any provision of this License shall be deemed a further or
+   continuing waiver of such term or any other term.