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CX+AI ("Prelate") SOFTWARE LICENSE
Version of this document: 1.2 (2026-09-01)
This License governs your use of the CX+AI software release identified by its
version string (the "Software" -- the CX+AI compiler and runtime binaries, the
accompanying runtime headers, and this package as distributed). By downloading,
installing, or using the Software you agree to these terms. If you do not agree,
do not install or use the Software.
The Software is made available by Terence Agius ("the Author"). The Author
retains ownership of the Software and of all intellectual property in it. All
rights not expressly granted below are reserved.
Author: Terence Agius
Contact: hello@cxai.plus
Website: cxai.plus
1. LICENSE GRANT (FREE, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL USE)
The Author grants you, at no charge, a worldwide, non-exclusive license to
download, install, and run the Software, and to use it to develop, build,
and run your own programs -- for any purpose, INCLUDING commercial and
production use. There is no fee and no seat limit for using the Software.
2. THIS GRANT IS PER-VERSION, PERPETUAL, AND IRREVOCABLE
The license granted in Section 1 applies to the specific version of the
Software you have obtained, and for that version it is PERPETUAL and
IRREVOCABLE: once you have lawfully obtained a given version of the Software,
your right to keep using that version under these terms cannot be withdrawn.
Future versions of the Software may be offered under different terms. Those
terms apply only to those future versions and do not change, reduce, or
revoke the grant you already hold for a version you obtained under this
License.
3. YOUR PROGRAMS ARE WHOLLY YOURS
Programs that you write in the CX+AI language and build with the Software are
entirely your own. This License places no conditions on your program source
code, on the executables you build from it, or on how you license, sell,
distribute, or deploy them. You owe the Author nothing for them, and no CX+AI
license term attaches to them or to their output. This is true whether your
program is used privately, distributed, or sold commercially.
4. BUNDLED EXAMPLE CODE (FREE, NO ATTRIBUTION)
The example programs distributed with the Software (the files under the
examples/ directory of this package) are provided for you to learn from and
build on. You may freely use, copy, modify, and incorporate that example
code -- in whole or in part -- into your own programs, for any purpose
including commercial use, WITHOUT restriction and WITHOUT any obligation of
attribution. The restrictions in Section 6 do not apply to the example code.
(This Section concerns the bundled examples only. The bundled showcase
application is covered separately by Section 5, and the CX+AI compiler, runtime,
and headers remain governed by Sections 1, 2, and 6.)
5. THE GIGANTICA SHOWCASE -- A SEPARATE FREE DOWNLOAD (FREE USE WITH ATTRIBUTION)
"Gigantica" is a showcase application written in CX+AI and published by the
Author as a SEPARATE, FREE download from cxai.plus. It is not part of this
package, and this License does not grant you rights in it.
Gigantica carries its own licence -- the Gigantica Software and Content
License, included with that download -- and that licence, not this one,
governs your use of the Gigantica material.
ONE CONDITION IS COMMON TO BOTH AND IS STATED HERE SO IT CANNOT BE MISSED:
where the Gigantica licence or the Author's written permission allows use or
redistribution of Gigantica material, that use must (a) carry visible credit
to "CX+AI", and (b) include a copy of this Section 5.
This attribution requirement applies ONLY to the Gigantica material. It does
NOT apply to the example code of Section 4, which remains free of any
attribution obligation, and it does not apply to the programs you write
yourself under Section 3.
6. RESTRICTIONS
Except as expressly permitted above, you may not:
(a) Redistribute the Software itself. You may not copy, publish, mirror,
repackage, sell, sublicense, or otherwise distribute the CX+AI binaries or
this package to third parties. Direct others to obtain the Software from
its official source instead. (This does not restrict distributing the
programs YOU build with it -- see Section 3.)
(b) Reverse-engineer the Software. You may not decompile, disassemble, or
otherwise attempt to derive the source code, internal design, or
implementation of the CX+AI compiler or runtime from the binaries, except
to the limited extent that applicable law expressly permits despite this
restriction.
(c) Use the Software to clone or compete with it. You may not use the
Software, or any knowledge of its internal design or implementation
obtained from it, to develop, or to assist a third party in developing,
a product that reproduces or substantially copies the CX+AI compiler or
runtime implementation.
FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT: writing a compiler, interpreter, or language
implementation AS a CX+AI program -- that is, a program authored in the CX+AI
language and built with the Software -- is expressly permitted and is
ordinary, legitimate use under Section 1 and Section 3. The restriction
in this Section 6(c) targets only the copying of CX+AI's OWN binaries or
design; it does not restrict the general activity of writing compilers
or language tools with CX+AI.
7. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
The Software is licensed, not sold. The Author reserves all rights not
expressly granted in this License, including all copyright, trade secret,
and other intellectual-property rights in the Software's source code, design,
and implementation, none of which are distributed with the Software.
8. NO 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. YOU USE THE SOFTWARE
AT YOUR OWN RISK.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHOR 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.
10. TERMINATION FOR BREACH
If you materially breach Section 6, the license granted in Section 1
terminates as to your future use. The perpetual, irrevocable character of the
grant in Section 2 protects your continued use of a lawfully obtained version
only for so long as you comply with Section 6; it is not a shield for
redistributing, reverse-engineering, or cloning the Software.
11. GENERAL
This License is the entire agreement between you and the Author regarding the
Software. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions
remain in effect. The Author's failure to enforce any provision is not a
waiver of it.
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Author: Terence Agius ("the Author")
Contact: hello@cxai.plus
Website: cxai.plus
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