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Zero Networks Community License
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Copyright © 2026 Zero Networks Ltd. All rights reserved, except as expressly granted below.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

## 1. Definitions

"License" means the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution defined in this document.

"Licensor" means Zero Networks Ltd., the copyright owner.

"Legal Entity" means the union of the acting entity and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity, where "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to direct or manage such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.

"You" or "Your" means an individual or Legal Entity exercising permissions granted by this License.

"Work" means the software, scripts, tools, documentation, and other materials made available under this License, as indicated by a copyright notice included in or attached to such materials.

"Derivative Works" means any work, in Source or Object form, that is based on or derived from the Work, but excludes works that remain separable from, or merely call or link to the interfaces of, the Work.

"Source" form means the preferred form for making modifications, including source code, documentation source, and configuration files.

"Object" form means any form resulting from mechanical transformation of Source form, including compiled object code and generated documentation.

"Competing Offering" means any product, service, or offering — whether provided by You directly or through, on behalf of, or in cooperation with a third party — that provides functionality substantially similar to, or that otherwise competes with, any product or service offered by Licensor or its affiliates, including without limitation offerings in the fields of artificial intelligence-based segmentation or microsegmentation, network segmentation or microsegmentation, identity segmentation or microsegmentation, security or operations monitoring or detection, remote procedure call (RPC) filtering or firewalling, zero trust network access (ZTNA), or multi-factor-authentication-based access control, whether such Licensor product or service exists as of the date of this License or is later introduced by Licensor.

## 2. Grant of Copyright License

Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, and in particular Section 4 below, Licensor hereby grants to You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, and distribute the Work and such Derivative Works, in Source or Object form.

## 3. Grant of Patent License

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If You institute patent litigation against any entity alleging that the Work constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, all licenses granted to You under this License shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

## 4. Restriction on Competitive Use

Notwithstanding the licenses granted in Sections 2 and 3, You may not use the Work, in whole or in part and whether in original or modified form, to develop, build, operate, offer, market, sell, or otherwise provide, directly or indirectly, a Competing Offering. This restriction applies regardless of whether such use is for Your own internal purposes or for the benefit of a third party, and regardless of whether the Work is used as-is, modified, or incorporated into a larger work.

For clarity, this Section 4 does not restrict Your use of the Work in connection with Your own IT, security, or business operations that do not themselves constitute a Competing Offering, including use by Your employees, contractors, customers, or service providers acting on Your behalf for such internal purposes.

## 5. Redistribution

You may reproduce and distribute copies of the Work or Derivative Works in any medium, with or without modifications, in Source or Object form, provided that You:

(a) give any other recipients of the Work or Derivative Works a copy of this License;

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You may add Your own copyright statement to Your modifications and may provide additional terms for Your own modifications, provided such additional terms do not conflict with, and Your distribution otherwise complies with, this License — including Section 4.

## 6. Submission of Contributions

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## 7. Trademarks

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## 8. Disclaimer of Warranty

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## 9. Limitation of Liability

In no event, and under no legal theory, shall Licensor be liable to You for damages, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising as a result of this License or out of the use or inability to use the Work, even if Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

## 10. Severability

If any provision of this License is held unenforceable or invalid under applicable law, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of this License shall remain in full force and effect. In particular, if Section 4 is held unenforceable in a given jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this License in that or any other jurisdiction.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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## Appendix: How to Apply This License

To apply this License, attach the following boilerplate notice, replacing the bracketed fields with the appropriate information:

```
Copyright 2026 Zero Networks Ltd.

Licensed under the Zero Networks Community License, Version 1.0
(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:

    https://github.com/zeronetworks/Community/blob/master/LICENSE

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
implied. See the License for the specific language governing
permissions and limitations under the License, including the
restriction on competitive use in Section 4.
```