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The OpenLDAP Public License Version 2.5, 11 May 2001 Redistribution and use of this software and associated documentation ("Software"), with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain copyright statements and notices. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce applicable copyright statements and notices, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Redistributions must contain a verbatim copy of this document. 4. The names and trademarks of the authors and copyright holders must not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, u...
LHa License Version 1.0 Original Source Code License Statement: Copyright (C) MCMLXXXIX Yooichi.Tagawa Original Authors License Statement (from man/lha.man, translated by Osamu Aoki ): Permission is given for redistribution, copy, and modification provided following conditions are met. 1. Do not remove copyright clause. 2. Distribution shall conform: a. The content of redistribution (i.e., source code, documentation, and reference guide for programmers) shall include original contents. If contents are modified, the document clearly indicating the fact of modification must be included. b. If LHa is redistributed with added values, you must put your best effort to include them (Translator comment: If read literally...
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2006 by Apple Computer, Inc., All Rights Reserved. IMPORTANT: This Apple software is supplied to you by Apple Computer, Inc. ("Apple") in consideration of your agreement to the following terms, and your use, installation, modification or redistribution of this Apple software constitutes acceptance of these terms. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use, install, modify or redistribute this Apple software. In consideration of your agreement to abide by the following terms, and subject to these terms, Apple grants you a personal, non-exclusive license, under Apple's copyrights in this original Apple software (the "Apple Software"), to use, reproduce, modify and redistribute the Apple Software, w...
German Free Software License (c) Ministry of Science and Research, State of North-Rhine Westphalia 2004 Developed and created by Axel Metzger and Till Jaeger, Institut für Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software (Institute for Legal Issues On Free and Open Source Software), . Preamble Software is more than a mere economic asset. It is the technical foundation of the information society. Therefore, the issue of the public share in software is of particular importance. Conventionally licensed computer programs are distributed in object code form only, and the user is not entitled to modify or pass on the program to third parties. The license model for Free Software (synonym "Open Source Software"), however...
LinuxTag Green OpenMusic License Draft v1.1, 22 April 2001 I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VERSIONS The OpenMusic works may be reproduced and distributed in whole or in part, in any medium physical or electronic, provided that the terms of this license are adhered to, and that this license or an incorporation of it by reference (with any options elected by the author(s) and/or publisher) is displayed in the reproduction. Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as follows: Copyright (c) by