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Open Directory License The Open Directory is a compilation of many different editors' contributions. Netscape Communications Corporation (`Netscape') owns the copyright to the compilation of the different contributions, and makes the Open Directory available to you to use under the following license agreement terms and conditions (`Open Directory License'). For purposes of this Open Directory License, `Open Directory' means only the Open Directory Project currently hosted at http://dmoz.org (or at another site as may be designated by Netscape in the future), and does not include any other versions of directories, even if referred to as an `Open Directory,' that may be hosted by Netscape on other web pages (e.g., Netscape N...
# Open Works License This is version 0.4 of the Open Works License. ## Terms Permission is hereby granted by the copyright holder(s), author(s), and contributor(s) of this work, to any person who obtains a copy of this work, in any form, to reproduce, modify, distribute, publish, sell, use, or otherwise deal in the licensed material without restriction, provided the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions must retain this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions must retain any applicable notices of attribution and copyright. 3. This license does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, product names, or other identifications used by the licensor except as...
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences BSD Variant (GPL incompatible) Copyright (c) 2006 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ("A.M.P.A.S."). Portions contributed by others as indicated. All rights reserved. A world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive right to distribute, copy, modify, create derivatives, and use, in source and binary forms, is hereby granted, subject to acceptance of this license. Performance of any of the aforementioned acts indicates acceptance to be bound by the following terms and conditions: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the Disclaimer of Warranty. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright n...
Sun Industry Standards Source License - Version 1.1 1.0 DEFINITIONS 1.1 "Commercial Use" means distribution or otherwise making the Original Code available to a third party. 1.2 "Contributor Version" means the combination of the Original Code, and the Modifications made by that particular Contributor. 1.3 "Electronic Distribution Mechanism" means a mechanism generally accepted in the software development community for the electronic transfer of data. 1.4 "Executable" means Original Code in any form other than Source Code. 1.5 "Initial Developer" means the individual or entity identified as the Initial Developer in the Source Code notice required by Exhibit A. 1.6 "Larger Work" means a work which combines Origina...
RECIPROCAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 1.3, February 1, 2006 Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Technical Pursuit Inc., All Rights Reserved. PREAMBLE This Preamble is intended to describe, in plain English, the nature, intent, and scope of this License. However, this Preamble is not a part of this License. The legal effect of this License is dependent only upon the terms of the License and not this Preamble. This License is based on the concept of reciprocity. In exchange for being granted certain rights under the terms of this License to Licensor's Software, whose Source Code You have access to, You are required to reciprocate by providing equal access and rights to all third parties to the Source Code of any Modifications,...