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FREE TO USE — NOT FREE TO CHANGE OR SHARE

Uncle Sam (dsh-unclesam)
Copyright (c) 2026 Darren T. Weldon — published under the Operating Tag name
Contact: @operatingtag

☕ Buy me a coffee: https://revolut.me/operatingtag
   (a request, not a condition — see the note at the end)

Resumen en español: README.es.md          English summary below

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WHAT THIS MEANS, IN PLAIN ENGLISH
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You may install it and use it. That is it, and that is free, forever, for anyone
acting personally rather than commercially.

You may not change it. You may not pass it on. You may not sell it. You may not
use it in a business. You may not publish a fork of it anywhere.

If you want any of those, ask. They are available, for a fee, from Operating Tag.

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WHAT YOU MAY DO
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    · install it from its official source and run it

    · use it for personal, non-commercial purposes, as often as you like

    · keep it installed for as long as you like

    · read the source to understand how it works

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WHAT YOU MAY NOT DO
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    · modify it, adapt it, translate it, or create a derivative of it

    · copy it, distribute it, publish it, mirror it, or make it available to
      anybody else by any means, including over a network

    · upload it to any code host, package registry, website, forum or chat

    · sell it, resell it, rent it, charge for it, or charge for access to it

    · bundle it into anything you supply to another person

    · use it for any commercial purpose, or in the course of a business

    · use the name "Uncle Sam" or "Operating Tag" to promote or endorse
      anything, or to suggest a connection that does not exist

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THE OFFICIAL SOURCES — ONE RULE THAT MATTERS
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There are exactly two places where this software may legitimately be obtained:

    1.  the GitHub repository operated by Operating Tag
    2.  the npm package @operatingtag/dsh-unclesam

A copy obtained anywhere else is not licensed, whoever supplied it and however
it was described. If you see this software for sale, it is not being sold by its
author.

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THE LEGAL LICENCE
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License
("CC BY-NC-ND 4.0").

The summary above describes the intent. The licence text below is the binding
agreement, and where the two appear to differ the licence text governs.

Full licence, human-readable summary, and legal code:
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Attribution Notice, as required by Section 3(a)(1)(A):

    Title:   Uncle Sam (dsh-unclesam)
    Creator: Darren T. Weldon, publishing as Operating Tag
    Source:  the GitHub repository operated by Operating Tag
    Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
    Changes: none permitted — this is unadapted material

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A NOTE ON WHAT THIS LICENCE DOES AND DOES NOT ALLOW
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Two points are worth stating plainly, because they are where people get this
wrong.

Non-commercial means non-commercial. Under the licence, "NonCommercial" means
not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary
compensation. A company using this in its business is not a non-commercial use,
whatever it was told.

No derivative works means no derivative works. Reading the source is permitted.
Changing it is not, and neither is publishing a changed copy. The licence
expressly withholds permission to share adapted material.

If you need either of those rights — commercial use, or the right to modify and
distribute — they are available under a separate written licence from Operating
Tag. Ask, and you will get a straight answer and a clear price.

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ONGOING DEVELOPMENT
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This software is under active development and you should expect bugs. It drives
a third-party website that changes without notice, and it is not affiliated
with, endorsed by, or supported by that third party.

It is provided as-is and as-available. The disclaimer of warranties in Section 5
of the licence is not decoration — nothing here is promised to work, to keep
working, or to be free of defects.

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THE ASK
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This is written by one person, at night, funded by nothing. Fifty-one languages
were written out by hand and each was tested until it behaved.

If it saved you money or an afternoon:

    https://revolut.me/operatingtag

That is a request. It carries no legal weight, it is not a condition of the
licence, and ignoring it changes nothing about your rights.

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Creative Commons is not a party to this licence and provides no legal services.
The full text of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 is published by Creative Commons at
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

-- Operating Tag, October 2026