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| 1 | +# How To License Info |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This project uses the [BSD 3-Clause License](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause). |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## License Header for Source Code |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +The shorter version of license text should be added as a comment to all Salesforce-authored source code and configuration files that support comments. This includes file formats like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, etc. which aren't directly code, but are still critical to your project code. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +```javascript |
| 10 | +/* |
| 11 | + * Copyright (c) 2025, Salesforce, Inc. |
| 12 | + * All rights reserved. |
| 13 | + * |
| 14 | + * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, |
| 15 | + * are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: |
| 16 | + * |
| 17 | + * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this |
| 18 | + * list of conditions and the following disclaimer. |
| 19 | + * |
| 20 | + * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, |
| 21 | + * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation |
| 22 | + * and/or other materials provided with the distribution. |
| 23 | + * |
| 24 | + * * Neither the name of Salesforce.com nor the names of its contributors may be |
| 25 | + * used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without |
| 26 | + * specific prior written permission. |
| 27 | + * |
| 28 | + * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND |
| 29 | + * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED |
| 30 | + * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE |
| 31 | + * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE |
| 32 | + * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL |
| 33 | + * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR |
| 34 | + * SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER |
| 35 | + * CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, |
| 36 | + * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE |
| 37 | + * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |
| 38 | + */ |
| 39 | +``` |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +Note that there are many tools that exist to do this sort of thing in an automated fashion, without having to manually edit every single file in your project. It is highly recommended that you research some of these tools for your particular language / build system. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +## For Sample, Demo, and Example Code |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +For sample, demo, and example code, we recommend the [Unlicense](https://opensource.org/license/unlicense/) license. Create a `LICENSE.txt` file containing: |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +``` |
| 48 | +This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. |
| 49 | +
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| 50 | +Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this |
| 51 | +software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, |
| 52 | +commercial or non-commercial, and by any means. |
| 53 | +
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| 54 | +In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this |
| 55 | +software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public |
| 56 | +domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to |
| 57 | +the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an |
| 58 | +overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to |
| 59 | +this software under copyright law. |
| 60 | +
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| 61 | +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR |
| 62 | +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, |
| 63 | +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE |
| 64 | +AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN |
| 65 | +ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION |
| 66 | +WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. |
| 67 | +``` |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +No license header is required for samples, demos, and example code. |
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