Mim protocol version v0.1.

This is the protocol underlying Aether. Using this document, you can talk to, and interact with all Mim-compatible nodes, which includes all Aether nodes in existence.

Copyright 2019 Aether Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. For the license, please check the appropriate repository.

Revisions

0.1 DRAFT First public documentation of the protocol in draft form. This document is made available so as to enable discussion, and it not ready for use.

Licensing

Mim is an open protocol. To keep the data that traverses the network also free and open, Mim requires all data that is transmitted across Mim protocol to be licensed by CC-BY-SA license.

If you build an application that uses the Mim protocol, you are required to:

a) Provide to your end user the information that your application uses Mim Protocol, (this could be in the licensing / legal notices page of your application)

b) Provide a link to Mim Protocol's home page, (this could be in the licensing / legal notices page of your application)

c) Inform your user that using this protocol requires all content that is transmitted using it to be to be licensed by CC-BY-SA license, therefore if an user communicates using Mim protocol via your application, he or she will be assigning the license of his or her communicated work to CC-BY-SA license.

Disclaimer of Warranty

THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Interpretation of the Sections of Disclaimer of Warranty, and Limitation of Liability

If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the Program.