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Licenses : Open Source and CopyLeft Licenses

A collection of open source and copyleft licenses.

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...

ZENPLEX PUBLIC LICENSE Version 1.0 1. Definitions. 1.0.1. "Commercial Use" means distribution or otherwise making the Covered Code available to a third party. 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 and corresponding documentation released with the source code. 1.4. "Electronic Distribution Mechanism" means a mechanism gener...

BitTorrent Open Source License Version 1.1 This BitTorrent Open Source License (the "License") applies to the BitTorrent client and related software products as well as any updates or maintenance releases of that software ("BitTorrent Products") that are distributed by BitTorrent, Inc. ("Licensor"). Any BitTorrent Product licensed pursuant to this License is a Licensed Product. Licensed Product, in its entirety, is protected by U.S. copyright law. This License identifies the terms under which you may use, copy, distribute or modify Licensed Product. Preamble This Preamble is intended to describe, in plain English, the nature and scope of this License. However, this Preamble is not a part of this license. The legal effect of th...

Rdisc (this program) was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided for unrestricted use provided that this legend is included on all tape media and as a part of the software program in whole or part. Users may copy or modify Rdisc without charge, and they may freely distribute it. RDISC IS PROVIDED AS IS WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. Rdisc is provided with no support and without any obligation on the part of Sun Microsystems, Inc. to assist in its use, correction, modification or enhancement. SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE ...

Microsoft maintains two licenses that have been certified by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Certification by the OSI means that developers can be confident that the licenses meet the terms of the Open Source Definition. This page contains the text of those licenses; developers are free to use them as they wish within their works. On this page:Microsoft Public LicenseMicrosoft Reciprocal LicenseMicrosoft Public License (Ms-P

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