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AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 1, March 2002 Copyright © 2002 Affero Inc. 510 Third Street - Suite 225, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA This license is a modified version of the GNU General Public License copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. made with their permission. Section 2(d) has been added to cover use of software over a computer network. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast...
Simple Machines License (SMF 1.0 and 1.1) Definitions 1. This Package is defined as all of the files within any archive file or any group of files released in conjunction by Simple Machines, Simple Machines, or a derived or modified work based on such files. 2. A Modification, or a Mod, is defined as instructions, to be performed manually or in an automated manner, that alter any part of this Package. 3. A Modified Package is defined as this Package or a derivative of it with one or more Modification applied to it. 4. Distribution is defined as allowing one or more other people to in any way download or receive a copy of this Package, a Modified Package, or a derivative of this Package. 5. The Software is def...
Attribution-NoDerivs 1.0 CREATIVE COMMONS CORPORATION IS NOT A LAW FIRM AND DOES NOT PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES. DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DRAFT LICENSE DOES NOT CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. CREATIVE COMMONS PROVIDES THIS INFORMATION ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS. CREATIVE COMMONS MAKES NO WARRANTIES REGARDING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, AND DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ITS USE. License THE WORK (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS CREATIVE COMMONS PUBLIC LICENSE ("CCPL" OR "LICENSE"). THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW. ANY USE OF THE WORK OTHER THAN AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS LICENSE IS PROHIBITED. BY EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS TO THE WORK...
LHa License Version 1.0 Original Source Code License Statement: Copyright (C) MCMLXXXIX Yooichi.Tagawa Original Authors License Statement (from man/lha.man, translated by Osamu Aoki ): Permission is given for redistribution, copy, and modification provided following conditions are met. 1. Do not remove copyright clause. 2. Distribution shall conform: a. The content of redistribution (i.e., source code, documentation, and reference guide for programmers) shall include original contents. If contents are modified, the document clearly indicating the fact of modification must be included. b. If LHa is redistributed with added values, you must put your best effort to include them (Translator comment: If read literally...
FreeBSD BSD Variant (2 clause BSD) Copyright 1994-2006 The FreeBSD Project. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 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. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE FREEBSD PROJECT ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ME...