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A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE ========================== Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI, see http://www.cnri.reston.va.us) in Reston, Virginia where he released several versions of the software. In May 2000, Guido and the Python core development team moved to BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team. In October of the same year, the PythonLabs team moved to Digital Creations (now Zope ...

TORQUE v2.5+ Software License v1.1 Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Adaptive Computing Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Use this license to use or redistribute the TORQUE software v2.5+ and later versions. For free support for TORQUE users, questions should be emailed to the community of TORQUE users at torqueusers@supercluster.org. Users can also subscribe to the user mailing list at http://www.supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/torqueusers. Customers using TORQUE that also are licensed users of Moab branded software from Adaptive Computing Inc. can get TORQUE support from Adaptive Computing via: Email: torque-support@adaptivecomputing.com. Phone: (801) 717-3700 Web: www.adaptivecomputing.com www.clusterresources.com Th...

1. DefinitionsAuthor/s: the creator/s of an original work or the creator/s of a derivative work.Broadcasting: the use of any means of distribution over a distance, such as telegraph, telephone, radio, television and other comparable media, including communication to the public by satellite and cable retransmission.Derivative work: a work based upon another work/s.Distribution: the marketing, the placing in circulation or the making available to the public, by whatever means and for whatever purpose, of a work or of copies thereof.Elaboration: all forms of modification, adaptation and transformation of a work.Lending: the making available for use of originals, of copies or of carriers of copyright works, for a limited period of time ...

The TAPR Noncommercial Hardware License Version 1.0 (May 25, 2007) Copyright 2007 TAPR ~ http://www.tapr.org/NCL PREAMBLE Open Hardware is a thing - a physical artifact, either electrical or mechanical - whose design information is available to, and usable by, the public in a way that allows anyone to make, modify, distribute, and use that thing. In this preface, design information is called "documentation" and things created from it are called "products." The TAPR Noncommercial Hardware License ("NCL") agreement provides a legal framework for Open Hardware projects. It may be used for any kind of product, be it a hammer or a computer motherboard, and is TAPR's contribution to the community; anyone may use the NCL for their ...

Copyright (c) 1997,1998,2002,2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this documentation file to use, copy, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the documentation, and to permit others to do the same, provided that: - No modification, editing or other alteration of this document is allowed; and - The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies of the documentation. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this documentation file, to create their own derivative works from the content of this document to use, copy, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or ...

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