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The "Artistic License" |
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Preamble |
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The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a |
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Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some |
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semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, |
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while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute |
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the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make |
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reasonable modifications. |
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Definitions: |
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"Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the |
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Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files |
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created through textual modification. |
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"Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been |
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modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes |
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of the Copyright Holder as specified below. |
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"Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or |
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copyrights for the package. |
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"You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing |
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this Package. |
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"Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the |
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basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, |
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and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to the |
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Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at large |
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as a market that must bear the fee.) |
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"Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item |
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itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item. |
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It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it |
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under the same conditions they received it. |
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1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the |
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Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you |
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duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers. |
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2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications |
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derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package |
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modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version. |
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3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided |
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that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and |
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when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the |
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following: |
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a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them |
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Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or |
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an equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive |
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site such as uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include |
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your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package. |
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b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization. |
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c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict |
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with standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide |
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a separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly |
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documents how it differs from the Standard Version. |
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d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or |
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executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following: |
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a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files, |
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together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where |
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to get the Standard Version. |
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b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of |
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the Package with your modifications. |
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c) give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly |
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document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together |
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with instructions on where to get the Standard Version. |
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d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this |
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Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this |
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Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However, |
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you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly |
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commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software |
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distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a |
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product of your own. You may embed this Package's interpreter within |
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an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere |
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form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the |
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interpreter is so embedded. |
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6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as |
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output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall |
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under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whoever generated |
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them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this |
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Package. If such scripts or library files are aggregated with this |
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Package via the so-called "undump" or "unexec" methods of producing a |
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binary executable image, then distribution of such an image shall |
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neither be construed as a distribution of this Package nor shall it |
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fall under the restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you do |
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not represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this |
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Package. |
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7. C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other |
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languages) supplied by you and linked into this Package in order to |
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emulate subroutines and variables of the language defined by this |
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Package shall not be considered part of this Package, but are the |
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equivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided these subroutines do |
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not change the language in any way that would cause it to fail the |
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regression tests for the language. |
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8. Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is always |
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permitted provided that the use of this Package is embedded; that is, |
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when no overt attempt is made to make this Package's interfaces visible |
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to the end user of the commercial distribution. Such use shall not be |
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construed as a distribution of this Package. |
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9. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote |
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products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. |
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10. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR |
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED |
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
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