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CaelLab Zero Subject License Version 1 September 30, 2026 https://www.caellab.com/license/czs-v1 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 0. DEFINITIONS "License" means the CaelLab Zero Subject License, Version 1, whose text is published at https://www.caellab.com/license/czs-v1.txt, and any later version of it as defined in Section 6. "Steward" means CaelLab, which publishes and maintains this License under https://www.caellab.com/license/, together with any successor that CaelLab names. Publishing this License does not make the Steward the Licensor of any Work; the Steward is the Licensor of a Work only if it has itself applied this License to that Work. "Licensor" means the individual or legal entity that holds copyright in the Work and grants this License. "You" and "Your" mean an individual or legal entity exercising rights under this License. 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