Pale Moon Freeware License

Note: if not otherwise explicitly specified, the Copyright holder and Author of software subject to this license is M.C. Straver BASc, AKA "Moonchild". Also note that this license does not apply to the Pale Moon browser, but to other specific (helper) applications released by Moonchild Productions. For licensing of the browser, please see the MPL (for the source) and redistribution license (for binary (re)distribution).


Last updated: 16 November 2015

The software provided under this license is provided as Freely Available Copyrighted Software ("Freeware"), which means:

  1. The author of this software retains full rights to all parts of the software provided. No rights are given to copy, modify or create derivative works of this software.
  2. The software may only be distributed by third parties if such distribution is completely FREE OF CHARGE. No redistribution fee or cost reimbursement may be charged, and the software must be supplied UNALTERED and with all Copyright statements intact, accompanied by a copy of this license.
  3. The software may not be included in whole or in part in other software, either free or commercially, without the author's prior express written permission.
  4. If the source code to the software is officially made available (disclosed), it may be used for educational purposes, but (parts of) the software's source code may not be copied verbatim to other software without the author's prior express written permission. See (1).
  5. The term "Freeware" in this license should be interpreted as "gratis" (with no attached cost or fee), and should not be interpreted as "libre" (with no restrictions on use/modification).
Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.


This license may be updated without notice, so please make sure to check back on occasion if you use or distribute this software. That being said, there is no intention of making changes to the core of this license and the main premise of free availability behind it.

If you have any questions about this freeware license, think anything is in error or wish to discuss individual terms for your specific scenario or specific property/distribution rights issues, then please contact me.

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