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Licenses : Open Source and CopyLeft Licenses

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The Physnet Package License Preamble The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a Physnet Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion plus the right to make reasonable modifications. This document is a slight modification of one issued by Larry Wall (http://language.perl.com/misc/Artistic.html). Definitions "Package" refers to any collection of files distributed by the Copyright Holder, in whatever form, and derivatives of that collection of files created through textual or format modifi...


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

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 ...

The OpenLDAP Public License Version 2.3, 28 July 2000 Redistribution and use of this software and associated documentation ("Software"), with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain copyright statements and notices. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce applicable copyright statements and notices, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Redistributions must contain a verbatim copy of this document. 4. The name "OpenLDAP" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Software without prior written permission o...

GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.3, 3 November 2008 Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. 0. PREAMBLE The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other functional and useful document "free" in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially. Secondarily, this License preserves for the author and publisher a way to get credit for their work, while not being considered responsible for modifications made by others. This Li...

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