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2002 (C) The Codehaus . All Rights Reserved. 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. Redistributions must also contain a copy of this document. 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 "classworlds” must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Software without prior written permission of The Codehaus . For w...

LICENSE TERMS SUMMARY: The current CCD CopyWrite license text is written with the intent of being understandable to the layman while still providing adequate legal protection and clarity for the terms of the license.  The latter goal can interfere with the former, however, and as such a shorter summary of the intent of the license terms is provided here:IN BRIEF: This license is meant to mimic the "public domain", a concept particular to certain countries, which means that no copyright or patent claims are enforced.  This is modified by two points:Unlike the public domain, nothing licensed CCD CopyWrite can be subsumed under terms of a contrary copyright license.Legally enforced "reminders" to avoid plagiarism or misattributio...

OPaC Free Public License Copyright © 1997-1998, OPaC bright ideas, Suscévaz, Switzerland. All rights reserved. OPaC bright ideas (the "Licenser") is the owner of a computer software program known as the OPaC Class Library ("OPaC"). The OPaC Free Public License (this "License") applies to OPaC and to any translation or modification of this software program ("Derivative Works"). Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the term "modification". Each licensee is addressed as "you". "Program" will refer to any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from OPaC or any part thereof. OPaC is a copyrighted work whose copyright is held by the Licenser. By m...

Open Patent License Written by Victor Yodaiken Revised by Wind River Systems, Inc. The Open RTLinux Patent License ("License" or "Agreement") governs the royalty-free use of the process defined by U.S. Patent No. 5,995,745. Anyone can license the use of the Patented Process (as defined below) by agreeing to be bound by the terms of this License. Such person is considered to be the Licensee ("Licensee"). The Patented Process may be used, without any payment of a royalty, with two (2) types of software. The first type is software that operates under the terms of a GPL (as defined below). The second type is software operating under an Open RTLinux Execution Environment (as defined below). As long as the Licensee complies with ...

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION PUBLIC LICENSE 1. Definitions 1.1 "Commercial Use" means covered code utilized by USER to generate a revenue stream, including but not limited to, embedding the source code in USER's proprietary software, executable software, or consulting utilizing the source code. 1.2 "Contributor" means each entity that creates or contributes to the creation of Modifications. 1.3 "Covered Code" means the Original Source Code, Modifications, or the combination of the Original Source Code and Modifications, in each case including portions thereof. The Original Source Code, developed by the University of Utah, hereinafter referred to as UNIVERSITY is described in the Source Code notice required by ...

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