Emotional Communism License
This isn’t a metaphor I’m precious about. Healing works like code: written alone, at 2 AM, in whatever mess you can manage — and it only means something once someone else can read it, run it, change it. This is the license that governs everything here. It has exactly one owner and no gatekeepers.
Effective April 22, 2025 — Liberation Day
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Grant of Rights
Permission is granted, free of charge, to any person holding more than they can carry, to use, copy, feel, modify, and distribute this healing — in whole or in part — without asking first.
- §02
No Bugs, Only Inputs
All emotional states are valid inputs. None are bugs. Grief doesn't need a patch. Rage doesn't need a workaround. This license does not discriminate by feeling.
- §03
Attribution
Your story is version controlled. Nothing here gets rewritten to make it easier to hear. Every commit stays in the log — the good ones and the ones you're not proud of.
- §04
Copyleft
Do not hoard healing. Push it. Fork it. Share it. Any derivative work — a conversation, a boundary, a book — carries the same license forward.
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No Warranty
This license comes with no warranty, express or implied. Healing is not guaranteed to be fast, linear, comfortable, or permanent. It is only guaranteed to be yours.
- §06
Termination
You may terminate your obligations under this license at any time, for any reason, without explanation. A boundary is not a breach of contract. It's infrastructure.
Open-source humanity begins here.
— Branden Algozino
softnessasastrength.com
Emotional Communism License v1.0 · effective April 22, 2025