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@@ -76,3 +76,21 @@ Hopefully this will be fixed upstream with LLVM 10.0.1. ##### Windows See https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Building-Zig-on-Windows + +## License + +The ultimate goal of the Zig project is to serve users. As a first-order +effect, this means users of the compiler, helping programmers to write better +code. Even more important, however, are the end users. + +Zig is intended to be used to help end users accomplish their goals. For +example, it would be inappropriate and offensive to use Zig to implement +[dark patterns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern) and it would be +shameful to utilize Zig to exploit people instead of benefit them. + +However, such problems are best solved with social norms, not with software +licenses. Any attempt to complicate the software license of Zig would risk +compromising the value Zig provides to users. + +Therefore, Zig is available under the MIT (Expat) License, and comes with a +humble request: use it to make software better serve the needs of end users. |