Acki Nacki Node License

BLOCKCHAIN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Licensor grants the Licensee the rights to use the Licensed Work as outlined in this Agreement, contingent upon full payment of the applicable Node License Fee

General provisions

  • Acki Nacki Node License (“ANNL”, “Node License”) is an exclusive Blockchain Source License agreement

  • The final number of licenses to be issued under set Terms will be determined as a result of the Acki Nacki Node Sale but won’t exceed 10,000 Block Keepers Node Licenses and 10,000 of Block Manager Node Licenses

  • Node Licenses can be used to run Acki Nacki Nodes from the start of the Acki Nacki Network (zero state) without a need for initial stake

  • The stake is required for the validation at a later date according to Minimum Stake Network Protocol Parameters

  • The Licenses are transferable without restrictions

  • Acki Nacki network is fully decentralized. Software modifications may be issued by anybody provided they are distributed under the Terms of this ANNL. There will be no mechanisms for developers to change any of the network or license parameters without Node Owners consensus agreement manifesting in running such software update.

Licensor:

GOSH TECHNOLOGY LTD. (“GOSH”)

Licensed Work:

The Licensed Work is (c) 2023 GOSH Technology Ltd

Use Grant:

You may make production use of the Licensed Work as part of the Acki Nacki Public Network as published by GOSH

Other Use Grant Restriction:

You may make production use of the Licensed Work, provided Your use does not include offering the Licensed Work to third parties as a public, permissionless Blockchain Network

Change Date:

Two years from the date the Licensed Work is published

Terms

The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work. The Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, above, permitting limited production use.

Effective on the Change Date, or the second anniversary of the first publicly available distribution of a specific version of the Licensed Work under this License, whichever comes first, the Licensor hereby grants you rights under the terms of the Change License, and the rights granted in the paragraph above terminate.

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