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Copyright 1995 by Wietse Venema. All rights reserved. Some individual files may be covered by other copyrights. This material was originally written and compiled by Wietse Venema at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that this entire copyright notice is duplicated in all such copies. This software is provided "as is" and without any expressed or implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantibility and fitness for any particular purpose.
Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group Bull including Bull HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell Bull Inc., Groupe Bull and Bull HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in...
SENDMAIL LICENSE The following license terms and conditions apply, unless a redistribution agreement or other license is obtained from Sendmail, Inc., 6475 Christie Ave, Third Floor, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA, or by electronic mail at license@sendmail.com. License Terms: Use, Modification and Redistribution (including distribution of any modified or derived work) in source and binary forms is permitted only if each of the following conditions is met: 1. Redistributions qualify as "freeware" or "Open Source Software" under one of the following terms: (a) Redistributions are made at no charge beyond the reasonable cost of materials and delivery. (b) Redistributions are accompanied by a copy of the Source Code...
Usage of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is retained with the works, so that any entity that uses the works is notified of this instrument. DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY. [2004, Fair License; rhid.com/fair]
Free Art license [ Copyleft Attitude ] Version 1.1 Preamble: With this Free Art license, you are given the right to freely copy, distribute and transform the artworks in the respect of the rights of the author. Far from ignoring the rights of the author, this license recognizes them and protects them. It reformulates their principle while making it possible for the public to make a creative use of the works of art. Whereas the use that is being made of the right to litterary and artistic property resulted in a restriction of the public's access to the works of art, the goal of the Free Art license is to support it. The intention is to open the access and to authorize the use of the resources of an artwork by the greatest number of pe...