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Licenses : Open Source and CopyLeft Licenses

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THIS LICENSE IS APPROVED FOR GENERAL USE. PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE THIS LICENSE IS MADE BY WIZARDS OF THE COAST! OPEN GAME LICENSE Version 1.0a The following text is the property of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and is Copyright 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc ("Wizards"). All Rights Reserved. 1. Definitions: (a)"Contributors" means the copyright and/or trademark owners who have contributed Open Game Content; (b)"Derivative Material" means copyrighted material including derivative works and translations (including into other computer languages), potation, modification, correction, addition, extension, upgrade, improvement, compilation, abridgment or other form in which an existing work may be recast, transformed or adapted; ...

Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ECLIPSE PUBLIC LICENSE ("AGREEMENT"). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. 1. DEFINITIONS "Contribution" means: a) in the case of the initial Contributor, the initial code and documentation distributed under this Agreement, and b) in the case of each subsequent Contributor: i) changes to the Program, and ii) additions to the Program; where such changes and/or additions to the Program originate from and are distributed by that particular Contributor. A Contribution 'originates' from a Contributor if it was added to the Program by such Contributor itself or an...

The Educational Community License This Educational Community License (the "License") applies to any original work of authorship (the "Original Work") whose owner (the "Licensor") has placed the following notice immediately following the copyright notice for the Original Work: Copyright (c) Licensed under the Educational Community License version 1.0 This Original Work, including software, source code, documents, or other related items, is being provided by the copyright holder(s) subject to the terms of the Educational Community License. By obtaining, using and/or copying this Original Work, you agree that you have read, understand, and will comply with the following terms and conditions of the Educational Community License...

Copyright © 2002-2004 James W. Newkirk, Michael C. Two, Alexei A. Vorontsov, Charlie Poole Copyright © 2000-2004 Philip A. Craig This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions: 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment (see the following) in the product documentation is required. ...

Dominion Rules is released under the terms of the Dominion Rules Licence (DRL), an open-gaming style licence intended to encourage the distribution and development of Dominion Rules. Dominion Rules Licence version 2.01 The following Licence governs the copying, modifying, and distributing of Dominion Rules. By copying, modifying, and/or distributing Dominion Rules, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Licence. 1. Application. This Licence applies to Dominion Rules. 2. Definitions. In this Licence: “Author” means the original author of Dominion Rules and includes Dominion Games (an inactive company formerly controlled by the original author of Dominion Rules). ”Copyright Notice” means any copyright notic...

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