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| author | tpearson <tpearson@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da> | 2010-02-10 01:27:27 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/en/common/artistic-license.html b/doc/en/common/artistic-license.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2069b4e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/en/common/artistic-license.html @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/html40/strict.dtd"> +<HTML LANG="en-US"> + <HEAD> + <TITLE>The "Artistic License"</TITLE> + <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Language" CONTENT="en-US"> + <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Artistic License"> + <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Artistic, artistic, Artistic License, Artistic license, Artisticlicense, artistic license, artisticlicense, Artistic Licence, Artistic licence, Artisticlicence, artistic licence, artisticlicence, license, licence, software, softwarelicense"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="none"> + <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> + <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="kde-default.css" TYPE="text/css"> + </HEAD> + <BODY CLASS="license"> + <H1>The "Artistic License"</H1> + + <H2>Preamble</H2> + + <P>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.</P> + + <H2>Definitions</H2> + + + <P>"Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the + Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files + created through textual modification.</P> + + <P>"Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been + modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of + the Copyright Holder as specified below.</P> + + <P>"Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or + copyrights for the package.</P> + + <P>"You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing + this Package.</P> + + <P>"Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the + basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people + involved, and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to + the Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at + large as a market that must bear the fee.)</P> + + <P>"Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item + itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the + item. It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute + it under the same conditions they received it.</P> + + + <OL STYLE="list-style-type: decimal;"> + <LI><DIV CLASS="li">You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source + form of the Standard Version of this Package without + restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the original + copyright notices and associated disclaimers.</DIV></LI> + + <LI>You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other + modifications derived from the Public Domain or from the + Copyright Holder. A Package modified in such a way shall still + be considered the Standard Version.</LI> + + <LI>You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any + way, provided that you insert a prominent notice in each + changed file stating how and when you changed that file, and + provided that you do at least ONE of the following: + <OL STYLE="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> + <LI>place your modifications in the Public Domain or + otherwise make them Freely Available, such as by posting + said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or + placing the modifications on a major archive site such as + uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to + include your modifications in the Standard Version of the + Package.</LI> + + <LI>use the modified Package only within your corporation or + organization.</LI> + + <LI>rename any non-standard executables so the names do not + conflict with standard executables, which must also be + provided, and provide a separate manual page for each + non-standard executable that clearly documents how it + differs from the Standard Version. d. make other + distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.</LI> + </OL> + </LI> + </OL> + + <P>You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code + or executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the + following:</P> + + <OL STYLE="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> + <LI>distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library + files, together with instructions (in the manual page or + equivalent) on where to get the Standard Version.</LI> + + <LI>accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source + of the Package with your modifications.</LI> + + <LI>give non-standard executables non-standard names, and + clearly document the differences in manual pages (or + equivalent), together with instructions on where to get the + Standard Version.</LI> + + <LI>make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright + Holder.</LI> + </OL> + + <P>You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of + this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of + this Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package + itself. However, you may distribute this Package in aggregate + with other (possibly commercial) programs as part of a larger + (possibly commercial) software distribution provided that you do + not advertise this Package as a product of your own. You may + embed this Package's interpreter within an executable of yours + (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere form of + aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the + interpreter is so embedded.</P> + + <P>The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced + as output from the programs of this Package do not automatically + fall under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever + generated them, and may be sold commercially, and may be + aggregated with this Package. If such scripts or library files + are aggregated with this Package via the so-called "undump" or + "unexec" methods of producing a binary executable image, then + distribution of such an image shall neither be construed as a + distribution of this Package nor shall it fall under the + restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you do not + represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this + Package.</P> + + <P>C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other + languages) supplied by you and linked into this Package in order + to emulate subroutines and variables of the language defined by + this Package shall not be considered part of this Package, but + are the equivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided these + subroutines do not change the language in any way that would + cause it to fail the regression tests for the language.</P> + + <P>Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is + always permitted provided that the use of this Package is + embedded; that is, when no overt attempt is made to make this + Package's interfaces visible to the end user of the commercial + distribution. Such use shall not be construed as a distribution + of this Package.</P> + + <P>The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or + promote products derived from this software without specific + prior written permission.</P> + + <P>THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR + IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED + WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR + PURPOSE.</P> + + <DIV STYLE="text-align: center;">The End</DIV> + </BODY> +</HTML> |