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Licenses : Open Source and CopyLeft Licenses

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DRAFT Sybase Open Watcom Public License version 2.0 USE OF SOFTWARE DESIGNATED AS SUBJECT TO THE SYBASE OPEN WATCOM PUBLIC LICENSE ("SOFTWARE") IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT SET FORTH BELOW (“LICENSE”). YOU MAY NOT USE THE SOFTWARE IN ANY MANNER UNLESS YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LICENSE. YOU INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE BY IN ANY MANNER USING (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY REPRODUCING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING) THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LICENSE, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE IN ANY MANNER. 1. Application; Definitions. This License applies to any Original Code (defined below) so designated by the original licensor and any Modifica...

Open Software License (“OSL”) v. 3.0 This Open Software License (the "License") applies to any original work of authorship (the "Original Work") whose owner (the "Licensor") has placed the following licensing notice adjacent to the copyright notice for the Original Work: Licensed under the Open Software License version 3.0 1) Grant of Copyright License. Licensor grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license, for the duration of the copyright, to do the following: a) to reproduce the Original Work in copies, either alone or as part of a collective work; b) to translate, adapt, alter, transform, modify, or arrange the Original Work, thereby creating derivative works ("Derivative W...

PUBLIC DOCUMENTATION LICENSE Version 1.0 1.0 DEFINITIONS. 1.1. "Commercial Use" means distribution or otherwise making the Documentation available to a third party. 1.2. "Contributor" means a person or entity who creates or contributes to the creation of Modifications. 1.3. "Documentation" means the Original Documentation or Modifications or the combination of the Original Documentation and Modifications, in each case including portions thereof. 1.4. "Electronic Distribution Mechanism" means a mechanism generally accepted for the electronic transfer of data. 1.5. "Initial Writer" means the individual or entity identified as the Initial Writer in the notice required by the Appendix. 1.6. ...

Copyright 1994-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistribution of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistribution in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or the names of contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. This soft...

Sybase Open Watcom Public License version 1.0 USE OF THE SYBASE OPEN WATCOM SOFTWARE DESCRIBED BELOW ("SOFTWARE") IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE SYBASE OPEN WATCOM PUBLIC LICENSE SET FORTH BELOW (“LICENSE”). YOU MAY NOT USE THE SOFTWARE IN ANY MANNER UNLESS YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LICENSE. YOU INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE BY IN ANY MANNER USING (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY REPRODUCING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING) THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LICENSE, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE IN ANY MANNER. 1. General; Definitions. This License applies only to the following software programs: the open source versions of Sybase’s Watcom C/C++ and Fortran...

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