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W3C® SOFTWARE NOTICE AND LICENSE Copyright (c) 1994-2002 World Wide Web Consortium, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ This W3C work (including software, documents, or other related items) is being provided by the copyright holders under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this work, you (the licensee) agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with the following terms and conditions: Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation, with or without modification, for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby gr...

Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (ECL-2.0) Version 2.0, April 2007http://www.osedu.org/licenses/ The Educational Community License version 2.0 ("ECL") consists of the Apache 2.0 license, modified to change the scope of the patent grant in section 3 to be specific to the needs of the education communities using this license. The original Apache 2.0 license can be found at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION 1. Definitions. "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document. "Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the copyright owner th...

Independent JPEG Group License LEGAL ISSUES In plain English: 1. We don't promise that this software works. (But if you find any bugs, please let us know!) 2. You can use this software for whatever you want. You don't have to pay us. 3. You may not pretend that you wrote this software. If you use it in a program, you must acknowledge somewhere in your documentation that you've used the IJG code. In legalese: The authors make NO WARRANTY or representation, either express or implied, with respect to this software, its quality, accuracy, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you, its user, assume the entire risk as to its quality and accuracy. This software is co...

SystemC Open Source License SystemC Open Source License Copyright© 2013 Accellera Systems Initiative Inc. All rights reserved. This product is licensed under the Accellera Systems Initiative SystemC Open Source License, version 3.3.  By downloading the SystemC Verification Library version 2.0 (draft version for public preview), you agree to accept the terms and conditions included in this Agreement. >>> Accept agreement and proceed to download SVC 2.0 for public preview. >>> DECLINE agreement SystemC Open Source License Agreement Download, Use and Contribution License Agreement Version 3.3 PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT C

# Open Works License This is version 0.7 of the Open Works License. ## Terms Permission is hereby granted by the copyright holder(s), author(s), and contributor(s) of this work, to any person who obtains a copy of this work, in any form, to reproduce, modify, distribute, publish, sell, use, or otherwise deal in the licensed material without restriction, provided the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions, modified or unmodified, in whole or in part, must retain the above license notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions, modified or unmodified, in whole or in part, must retain any applicable notices of attribution and copyright. No warranty or guarantee is implied, or shou...

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