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COOPERATIVE NON-VIOLENT PUBLIC LICENSE v4

Preamble

The Cooperative Non-Violent Public license is a freedom-respecting sharealike
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It aims to protect the basic rights of human beings from exploitation,
the earth from plunder, and the equal treatment of the workers involved in the
creation of the work. It aims to ensure a copyrighted work is forever
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the CNPL refer to the official webpage

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