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The Physnet Package License Preamble The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a Physnet Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion plus the right to make reasonable modifications. This document is a slight modification of one issued by Larry Wall (http://language.perl.com/misc/Artistic.html). Definitions "Package" refers to any collection of files distributed by the Copyright Holder, in whatever form, and derivatives of that collection of files created through textual or format modifi...
LICENSE THE WORK (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS COPYFARLEFT PUBLIC LICENSE (LICENSE). THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. ANY USE OF THE WORK OTHER THAN AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS LICENSE OR COPYRIGHT LAW IS PROHIBITED. BY EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS TO THE WORK PROVIDED IN THIS LICENSE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. TO THE EXTENT THIS LICENSE MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE A CONTRACT, THE LICENSOR GRANTS YOU THE RIGHTS CONTAINED HERE IN AS CONSIDERATION FOR ACCEPTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AND FOR AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE. 1. DEFINITIONS a. *Adaptation* means a work based upon the Work, or upon the Work and othe...
Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Henry Spencer. All rights reserved. Development of this software was funded, in part, by Cray Research Inc., UUNET Communications Services Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., and Scriptics Corporation, none of whom are responsible for the results. The author thanks all of them. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms - with or without modification - are permitted for any purpose, provided that redistributions in source form retain this entire copyright notice and indicate the origin and nature of any modifications. I'd appreciate being given credit for this package in the documentation of software which uses it, but that is not a requirement. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLI...
2011, Deusty, LLC All rights reserved. Redistribution and use of this software in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Neither the name of Deusty nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission of Deusty, LLC. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS ...
----------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2000 The Phorum Development Team. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Redistributions of any fo...