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2 | The "Artistic License" |
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4 | Preamble |
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6 | The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a |
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7 | Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some |
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8 | semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, |
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9 | while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute |
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10 | the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make |
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11 | reasonable modifications. |
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12 | |
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13 | Definitions: |
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15 | "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the |
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16 | Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files |
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17 | created through textual modification. |
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18 | |
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19 | "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been |
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20 | modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes |
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21 | of the Copyright Holder as specified below. |
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22 | |
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23 | "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or |
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24 | copyrights for the package. |
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25 | |
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26 | "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing |
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27 | this Package. |
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28 | |
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29 | "Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the |
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30 | basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, |
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31 | and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to the |
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32 | Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at large |
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33 | as a market that must bear the fee.) |
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34 | |
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35 | "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item |
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36 | itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item. |
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37 | It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it |
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38 | under the same conditions they received it. |
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39 | |
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40 | 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the |
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41 | Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you |
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42 | duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers. |
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43 | |
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44 | 2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications |
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45 | derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package |
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46 | modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version. |
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47 | |
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48 | 3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided |
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49 | that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and |
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50 | when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the |
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51 | following: |
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52 | |
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53 | a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them |
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54 | Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or |
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55 | an equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive |
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56 | site such as uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include |
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57 | your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package. |
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58 | |
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59 | b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization. |
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60 | |
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61 | c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict |
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62 | with standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide |
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63 | a separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly |
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64 | documents how it differs from the Standard Version. |
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65 | |
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66 | d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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67 | |
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68 | 4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or |
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69 | executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following: |
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70 | |
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71 | a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files, |
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72 | together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where |
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73 | to get the Standard Version. |
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74 | |
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75 | b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of |
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76 | the Package with your modifications. |
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77 | |
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78 | c) give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly |
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79 | document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together |
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80 | with instructions on where to get the Standard Version. |
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81 | |
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82 | d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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83 | |
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84 | 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this |
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85 | Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this |
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86 | Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However, |
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87 | you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly |
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88 | commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software |
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89 | distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a |
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90 | product of your own. |
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91 | |
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92 | 6. Any programs linked with this library do not automatically fall |
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93 | under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever generated |
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94 | them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this |
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95 | Package. |
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96 | |
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97 | 7. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote |
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98 | products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. |
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99 | |
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100 | 8. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR |
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101 | IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED |
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102 | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
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103 | |
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104 | The End |
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