Merge pull request #296 from eosnetworkfoundation/bsl-license

[1.0.2] Change to BSL licensing scheme

LICENSE

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+License text copyright (c) 2023 MariaDB plc, All Rights Reserved. "Business
+Source License" is a trademark of MariaDB plc.
+
+Parameters
+
+Licensor:              EOS NETWORK FOUNDATION ("ENF")
+
+Licensed Work:         EOS-EVM Node v.1 Copyright ENF, 2024, All Rights Reserved
+
+Additional Use Grant:  Licensee (You) is granted, free of charge, to deal in
+                       the Licensed Work without restriction, including
+                       without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
+                       merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+                       copies of the Licensed Work, and to permit persons to
+                       whom the Licensed Work is furnished to do so, subject
+                       to the following conditions:
+
+                       Your use of the Licensed Work is Directly in Service
+                       of or Materially Dependent on the EOS Blockchain
+                       Network
+
+                       The copyright notice and this permission notice shall
+                       be included in all copies or substantial portions of
+                       the Software.
+
+                       For the purposes of this license:
+
+                       "EOS Blockchain Network" is defined as any blockchain
+                       network created with the EOSIO, or Antelope,
+                       protocols, or any future protocols derived
+                       substantially from them whose genesis block id as
+                       defined by the Licensed Work is 00000001405147477ab2f5...
+                       f51cda427b638191c66d2c59aa392d5c2c98076cb0 
+
+                       "Directly in Service" is defined as any use which is
+                       necessary for the EOS Blockchain to persist and
+                       continue operations including but not limited to
+                       hosting network nodes, archives, RPC endpoints, and
+                       integration with 3rd party services.
+
+                       "Materially Dependent" is defined as use that would
+                       cease to operate effectively or economically if the
+                       EOS blockchain component was removed temporarily or
+                       permanently.
+
+Change Date:           Four years from the date the Licensed Work is published
+
+Change License:        MIT 2.0
+
+For information about alternative licensing arrangements for the Licensed Work,
+please contact [email protected].
+
+Notice
+
+Business Source License 1.1
+
+Terms
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+works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work. The
+Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, above, permitting limited production
+use.
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