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MITRE Collaborative Virtual Workspace License (CVW License) Mitre no longer recommends use of this license Collaborative Virtual Workspace License (CVW) License Agreement General Redistribution of the CVW software or derived works must reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this License in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. Copyright © 1994-1999. The MITRE Corporation (http://www.mitre.org/). All Rights Reserved. The terms "MITRE" and "The MITRE Corporation" are trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software or in redistribution of this software in any form. The terms "CVW" and "Collaborat...
APPLE PUBLIC SOURCE LICENSE Version 2.0 - August 6, 2003 Please read this License carefully before downloading this software. By downloading or using this software, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this License. If you do not or cannot agree to the terms of this License, please do not download or use the software. Apple Note: In January 2007, Apple changed its corporate name from "Apple Computer, Inc." to "Apple Inc." This change has been reflected below and copyright years updated, but no other changes have been made to the APSL 2.0. 1. General; Definitions. This License applies to any program or other work which Apple Inc. ("Apple") makes publicly available and which contains a notice placed by Apple identifying s...
Copyright (c) 2008 (YOUR NAME) (YOUR WEBSITE) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this material and all associated documentation files, to deal in the material without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub-license, and/or sell copies of the material, and to permit persons to whom the material is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: That a link is placed on the user's website to the creator of this material, also that the 'links page' or 'about page' where the link is placed must also be directly linked to from the home-page of the user's web site. As follows: 1) The users home page has a link to a...
Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. Please note the following commentary about this “verbatim license” by Eben Moglen: “Our intention in using the phrase ‘verbatim copying in any medium’ is not to require retention of page headings and footers or other formatting features. Retention of weblinks in both hyperlinked and non-hyperlinked media (as notes or some other form of printed URL in non-HTML media) is required”.
NETSCAPE PUBLIC LICENSEVersion 1.0 1. Definitions. 1.1. ``Contributor'' means each entity that creates or contributes to the creation of Modifications. 1.2. ``Contributor Version'' means the combination of the Original Code, prior Modifications used by a Contributor, and the Modifications made by that particular Contributor. 1.3. ``Covered Code'' means the Original Code or Modifications or the combination of the Original Code and Modifications, in each case including portions thereof. 1.4. ``Electronic Distribution Mechanism'' means a mechanism generally accepted in the software development community for the electronic transfer of data. 1.5. ``Executable'' means C...