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Licenses : Open Source and CopyLeft Licenses

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VITA NUOVA LIBERAL SOURCE LICENCE 29 May 2003 IMPORTANT NOTICE - READ CAREFULLY: This Licence Agreement (``LICENCE'') is a legal agreement between you as an indi- vidual person or organisation (``YOU'') and Vita Nuova Hold- ings Limited (``VITA NUOVA'') (having an office at 3 Innova- tion Close, York Science Park, University Road, York England YO10 5ZF), for all or any portion of the software product accompanying this LICENCE, which includes computer software in binary and source code form, other information and docu- mentation (``LICENSED SOFTWARE''), where a notice declares that this LICENCE applies. By copying (except for the sole purpose of making a backup copy), using, modifying, or distributing all or part of YOUR copy of t...


• "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." (From : JSON License.)

Simple Machines License (SMF 1.0 and 1.1) Definitions 1. This Package is defined as all of the files within any archive file or any group of files released in conjunction by Simple Machines, Simple Machines, or a derived or modified work based on such files. 2. A Modification, or a Mod, is defined as instructions, to be performed manually or in an automated manner, that alter any part of this Package. 3. A Modified Package is defined as this Package or a derivative of it with one or more Modification applied to it. 4. Distribution is defined as allowing one or more other people to in any way download or receive a copy of this Package, a Modified Package, or a derivative of this Package. 5. The Software is def...

skyBuilders Open Source License Draft Version 1.1 Copyright (c) 1999-2002 skyBuilders.com, Inc. 77 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. All rights reserved. (This license itself may be modified and adapted for non-skyBuilders purposes.) skyBuilders.com, Inc. and all Contributors hereby grant a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license, subject to third party intellectual property claims, to use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute this software (or portions thereof) with or without modifications, and/or as part of a larger work. Neither the name or trademarks of skyBuilders.com nor the names or trademarks of other Contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this so...

EFF Open Audio License: Version 1.0.1 Changes from ver. 1.0[.0]: Typo corrections; no substantive changes. I. Preamble II. Terms of Use III. How to Use this License I. PREAMBLE Principles Digital technology and the Internet can empower artists to reach a worldwide audience and to build upon each other's ideas and imagination with extremely low production and distribution costs. Many software developers, through both the open source software initiative and the free software movement, have long taken advantage of these facts to create a vibrant community of shared software that benefits creators and the public. EFF's Open Audio License provides a legal tool that borrows from both movements providi...

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