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Attribution Assurance License Copyright (c) 2002 by AUTHOR PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION * URL "PROMOTIONAL SLOGAN FOR AUTHOR'S PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE" All Rights Reserved ATTRIBUTION ASSURANCE LICENSE (adapted from the original BSD license) Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the conditions below are met. These conditions require a modest attribution to (the "Author"), who hopes that its promotional value may help justify the thousands of dollars in otherwise billable time invested in writing this and other freely available, open-source software. 1. Redistributions of source code, in whole or part and with or without modification (the "Code"), must pro...

Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 (CPAL-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. 1.4 “Electronic Distribution Mechanism” means a mechanism generally accepted in the software ...

ARPHIC PUBLIC LICENSE Copyright (C) 1999 Arphic Technology Co., Ltd. 11Fl. No.168, Yung Chi Rd., Taipei, 110 Taiwan All rights reserved except as specified below. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is forbidden. Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the ARPHIC PUBLIC LICENSE specifically permits and encourages you to use this software, provided that you give the recipients all the rights that we gave you and make sure they can get the modifications of this software. Legal Terms 0. Definitions: Throughout this License, "Font" means the TrueType fonts "AR PL Mingti2L Bi...

NAUMEN Public License (Naumen) This software is Copyright (c) NAUMEN (tm) and Contributors. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions in source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions 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. 3. The name NAUMEN (tm) must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior ...

MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE FOR SIMPUTERISED DEVICES Version 1.1        7 May, 2001 Copyright © The Simputer Trust This Manufacturing and Distribution License for Simputerised Devices is executed on this the ___ day of ___________, 2001 by and between: The Simputer Trust, a registered non-profit trust having its office at 9A & B Garden Homes 27, Aga Abbas Ali Road, Bangalore - 560042 and represented herein by its managing trustee Mr. Vinay L. Deshpande (hereinafter the Simputer Trust), of the ONE PART; and _________________, a company incorporated under the laws of ______________ and having its registered office at ____________________, represented herein by its Managing Director, _____________ (hereinafter...

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