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ERLANG PUBLIC LICENSE Version 1.1 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 Covered Code in any form other than Source Code. 1.6. `...

Before we get to the text of the license, lets just review what the license says in simple terms: It allows you to: * freely download and use ImageMagick software, in whole or in part, for personal, company internal, or commercial purposes; * use ImageMagick software in packages or distributions that you create; * link against a library under a different license; * link code under a different license against a library under this license; * merge code into a work under a different license; * extend patent grants to any code using code under this license; * and extend patent protection. It forbids you to: * redistribute any piece of ImageMagick-originated software...

Note that this license is not endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. It is available here as a convenience to readers of the license list. DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION Copyright © 1999-2001 Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org> Verbatim copying of this document is permitted, in any medium. 0. PREAMBLE. Copyright law gives certain exclusive rights to the author of a work, including the rights to copy, modify and distribute the work (the "reproductive," "adaptative," and "distribution" rights). The idea of "copyleft" is to willfully revoke the exclusivity of those rights under certain terms and conditions, so that anyone can copy and distribute the work ...

OPaC Free Public License Copyright © 1997-1998, OPaC bright ideas, Suscévaz, Switzerland. All rights reserved. OPaC bright ideas (the "Licenser") is the owner of a computer software program known as the OPaC Class Library ("OPaC"). The OPaC Free Public License (this "License") applies to OPaC and to any translation or modification of this software program ("Derivative Works"). Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the term "modification". Each licensee is addressed as "you". "Program" will refer to any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from OPaC or any part thereof. OPaC is a copyrighted work whose copyright is held by the Licenser. By m...

PS Utilities Package The constituent files of this package listed below are copyright (C) 1991-1995 Angus J. C. Duggan. LICENSE Makefile.msc Makefile.nt Makefile.os2 Makefile.unix README config.h descrip.mms epsffit.c epsffit.man extractres.man extractres.pl fixdlsrps.man fixdlsrps.pl fixfmps.man fixfmps.pl fixmacps.man fixmacps.pl fixpsditps.man fixpsditps.pl fixpspps.man fixpspps.pl fixscribeps.man fixscribeps.pl fixtpps.man fixtpps.pl fixwfwps.man fixwfwps.pl fixwpps.man fixwpps.pl fixwwps.man fixwwps.pl getafm getafm.man includeres.man includeres.pl maketext patchlev.h psbook.c psbook.man ...

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