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Licenses : Open Source and CopyLeft Licenses

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NETIZEN OPEN SOURCE LICENSE Version 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 develop...

Software developed by ISC is released under the ISC License, whose text is shown below. The ISC License is registered with and approved by the Open Source Initiative.   Text of the ISC License: Copyright © 2004-2011 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") Copyright © 1995-2003 by Internet Software Consortium   Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,...

This is APREAMBL.TEX, version 1.10e, written by Hans-Hermann Bode (HHBODE@DOSUNI1.BITNET), for the BibTeX `adaptable' family, version 1.10. See the file APREAMBL.DOC for a detailed documentation. This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, express or implied. Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Hans-Hermann Bode Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this document provided that the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this document under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one.

Version 1, 22 August 1998 Copyright 1998, Net Boolean Incorporated, Redwood City, California, USA All Rights Reserved. Note: This license is derived from the "Artistic License" as distributed with the Perl Programming Language. Its terms are different from those of the "Artistic License." PREAMBLE The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a 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. Definitions: "Package" refers to the collection of files...

RealNetworks Public Source License Version 1.0 (Rev. Date October 28, 2002) 1. General Definitions. This License applies to any program or other work which RealNetworks, Inc., or any other entity that elects to use this license, ("Licensor") makes publicly available and which contains a notice placed by Licensor identifying such program or work as "Original Code" and stating that it is subject to the terms of this RealNetworks Public Source License version 1.0 (or subsequent version thereof) ("License"). You are not required to accept this License. However, nothing else grants You permission to use, copy, modify or distribute the software or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if You ...

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