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  1. LICENCES FOR COMMON PROPRIETARY LINUX APPLICATIONS:
  2.  
  3.  
  4.         Date/Time of
  5.    Size File Arrival Filename           Description
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  7.    2614 981219 01:57 00index.txt       This file you are reading.
  8.   20286 Oct 24 15:59 adobe-acrobat-5-licence
  9.                                        Highlights:  You may install it only on
  10.                                        two computers and use it only on one 
  11.                                        machine at a time.  You may 
  12.                                        network-share it via NFS only.   You may
  13.                                        not reverse-engineer or modify it.  You
  14.                                        may not use it with other software to
  15.                                        export to other file formats, or use
  16.                                        plug-ins Adobe hasn't approved in 
  17.                                        advance.  You must be in compliance
  18.                                        with USA export laws (in addition to any
  19.                                        local export laws) and not associated 
  20.                                        with countries the USA considers naughty,
  21.                                        like Cuba.  If you're a business, you 
  22.                                        agree to perform a licence audit for 
  23.                                        Adobe at any time inside 30 days.
  24.  47504 2004-08-06 09:10 bitkeeper-3.2.2c-x86-glibc2.3-linux-bkcl-licence
  25.   32822 Oct 16 12:20 bitkeeper-3.0-x86-glibc2.2-linux-bkcl-licence
  26.                                        BitKeeper 3.0 licence for the commercial
  27.                                        binary.  Summary pending.  Applies to v.
  28.                                        bk-3.0 20021011025136 x86-glibc22-linux.
  29.                                        From:  http://www.bitmover.com/download/
  30.                                        (which is currently access-controlled,
  31.                                        in that you must fill out a questionnaire
  32.                                        and get a username & password pair before
  33.                                        you are allowed directory access).
  34.  12920 2004-08-06 09:10 bitkeeper-3.2.2c-x86-glibc2.3-linux-bkl-licence
  35.   11353 Oct 16 12:20 bitkeeper-3.0-x86-glibc2.2-linux-bkl-licence
  36.                                        BitKeeper 3.0 licence for the gratis
  37.                                        binary.  Summary pending.  Applies to v.
  38.                                        bk-3.0 20021011025136 x86-glibc22-linux.
  39.                                        From:  http://www.bitmover.com/download/
  40.                                        (which is currently access-controlled,
  41.                                        in that you must fill out a questionnaire
  42.                                        and get a username & password pair before
  43.                                        you are allowed directory access).
  44.   35050 Feb 15 22:34 borland-jbuilder-6-enterprise-licence.2002-02-13
  45.                                        Summary pending.
  46.   30064 Jan 13 17:18 borland-jbuilder-6-enterprise-licence.original
  47.                                        Summary pending.
  48.   32651 Feb 15 22:34 borland-kylix-2-open-edition-licence.2002-02-13
  49.                                        Summary pending.
  50.   35612 Jan 13 16:29 borland-kylix-2-open-edition-licence.original
  51.                                        Summary pending.
  52.   30538 Oct 19 18:40 corel-photopaint-9-licence
  53.                                        Highlights:  Not licensed to minors.
  54.                                        You may install it only on two computers
  55.                                        and use it only on one machine at a 
  56.                                        time.  You may not reverse-engineer 
  57.                                        or modify it.  You must be in compliance
  58.                                        with export laws and not associated with
  59.                                        countries the USA considers naughty, 
  60.                                        like Cuba.  You mustn't be on the USA
  61.                                        Treasury or Commerce Department's lists
  62.                                        of naughty people (drug smugglers, 
  63.                                        terrorists, export-regs violators, etc.).
  64.                                        You mustn't allow use of the program to
  65.                                        violate USA law.  You mustn't do naughty
  66.                                        things with government-regalia images
  67.                                        included in the product, and in general
  68.                                        your right to use the included photos 
  69.                                        and clipart is severely restricted.
  70.   15103 Oct 19 18:40 corel-wordperfect-8-licence
  71.                                        Highlights:  You may install it only on 
  72.                                        two computers and use it only on one 
  73.                                        machine at a time.  Personal, non-
  74.                                        commercial use only.  You may not 
  75.                                        reverse-engineer or modify it.  You must 
  76.                                        be in compliance with export laws and 
  77.                                        not associated with countries the USA 
  78.                                        considers naughty, like Cuba.  You 
  79.                                        mustn't be on the USA Treasury or 
  80.                                        Commerce Department's lists of naughty 
  81.                                        people (drug smugglers, terrorists, 
  82.                                        export-regs violators, etc.).  You 
  83.                                        mustn't allow use of the program to
  84.                                        violate USA law.
  85.    5318 Dec 11 15:02 macromedia-flash-licence
  86.                                        Summary pending.
  87.   16154 Oct 19 18:40 netscape-communicator-4.75-licence
  88.                                        Highlights:  You may not redistribute
  89.                                        the program (without a separate 
  90.                                        agreement covering that).  Licensed for
  91.                                        "personal or internal business purposes"
  92.                                        only.  You may not publish benchmarks
  93.                                        without permission.  You may not 
  94.                                        reverse-engineer or modify it.  You 
  95.                                        must be in compliance with export laws 
  96.                                        and not associated with countries the 
  97.                                        USA considers naughty, like Cuba.  You 
  98.                                        mustn't be on the USA Treasury or 
  99.                                        Commerce Department's lists of naughty 
  100.                                        people (drug smugglers, terrorists, 
  101.                                        export-regs violators, etc.).  Agreement
  102.                                        is governed by California law.
  103.   15690 Oct 25 19:48 netscape-communicator-4.77-copyright.distributor
  104.                                        Document from the Netscape Web site
  105.                                        stating that distributors bundling 
  106.                                        Communicator 4.x with their products
  107.                                        may distribute it freely regardless of
  108.                                        restrictions the Communicator licence
  109.                                        would otherwise impose, as long as the
  110.                                        distributor sends Netscape 
  111.                                        Communications monthly reports on 
  112.                                        number of copies distributed.  
  113.                                        Distributor must agree to the licence 
  114.                                        terms, otherwise.
  115.   17461 Oct 19 18:40 netscape-communicator-6.1-licence
  116.                                        Highlights:  You may not redistribute
  117.                                        the program (without a separate
  118.                                        agreement covering that).  Licensed for
  119.                                        "personal or internal business purposes"
  120.                                        only.  You may not publish benchmarks
  121.                                        without permission.  You may not 
  122.                                        reverse-engineer or modify it (with an
  123.                                        exception for NPLed/MPLed code).  You
  124.                                        must be in compliance with export laws 
  125.                                        and not associated with countries the 
  126.                                        USA considers naughty, like Cuba.  You
  127.                                        mustn't be on the USA Treasury or
  128.                                        Commerce Department's lists of naughty
  129.                                        people (fugitive financiers,
  130.                                        export-regs violators, etc.).  The 
  131.                                        program may send back information about
  132.                                        your computer ("related to the download
  133.                                        and install process") to Netscape.
  134.                                        Agreement is governed by Virginia law
  135.                                        (the only USA state to fully adopt the
  136.                                        UCITA law restricting software-user 
  137.                                        rights).  Note that California-based
  138.                                        Netscape is now owned by AOL Time
  139.                                        Warner of Dulles, Virginia.
  140.    8350 Oct 24 16:37 opera-software-opera-5-licence
  141.                                        Highlights:  You may install it only on
  142.                        one computer at a time.   You may not
  143.                                        reverse-engineer or modify it.  You 
  144.                                        must be in compliance with USA export 
  145.                                        laws (in addition to any local export 
  146.                                        laws).   Agreement is governed by 
  147.                                        Norwegian law as applied in Oslo City
  148.                                        Court.
  149.   18846 Sep  9 08:48 realnetworks-helix-producer-9-licence
  150.                                        Highlights:  You may install it only on
  151.                                        two computers and use it only on one
  152.                                        machine at a time.  Real Networks can
  153.                                        modify this licence in any way it 
  154.                                        pleases, with fourteen days' notice.
  155.                                        You're allowed to develop software 
  156.                                        that talks to Real Networks's ActiveX
  157.                                        interfaces, but then may not distribute
  158.                                        your own software without Real Networks's
  159.                                        separate permission.  You may not
  160.                                        redistribute the program.
  161.                                        You may not reverse-engineer or modify
  162.                                        it.  You must be in compliance with
  163.                                        export laws and not associated with
  164.                                        countries the USA considers naughty,
  165.                                        like Cuba.  You mustn't be on the USA
  166.                                        Treasury or Commerce Department's lists
  167.                                        of naughty people (drug smugglers,
  168.                                        terrorists, export-regs violators, etc.).
  169.                                        You may not use the program in a DMCA-
  170.                                        style "circumvention" manner.  You
  171.                                        may not attempt to circumvent the
  172.                                        built-in "serial copying management
  173.                                        system".  You may not develop software
  174.                                        that can be used to stream or export
  175.                                        your Real Networks-encoded data to any
  176.                                        other format, or that generates 
  177.                                        live-transmitted Real Networks-encoded 
  178.                                        files.  
  179. 24342 Oct 19 18:41 realnetworks-realplayer-8-licence
  180.                                        Highlights:  You may install it only on
  181.                                        two computers and use it only on one
  182.                                        machine at a time.  Personal, non-
  183.                                        commercial use only, and specifically
  184.                                        not involved in any way with any
  185.                                        commercial service or application.
  186.                                        Real Networks can modify this licence
  187.                                        in any way it pleases, with fourteen
  188.                                        days' notice.  You may not use the
  189.                                        provided plug-ins anywhere else.
  190.                                        You may not reverse-engineer or modify 
  191.                                        it.  You must be in compliance with 
  192.                                        export laws and not associated with 
  193.                                        countries the USA considers naughty, 
  194.                                        like Cuba.  You mustn't be on the USA 
  195.                                        Treasury or Commerce Department's lists 
  196.                                        of naughty people (drug smugglers, 
  197.                                        terrorists, export-regs violators, etc.).
  198.                                        You may not use the program in a DMCA-
  199.                                        style "circumvention" manner.  You 
  200.                                        may not attempt to circumvent the 
  201.                                        built-in "serial copying management 
  202.                                        system".  You consent to the program
  203.                                        reporting unspecified information 
  204.                                        about your computer and its doings
  205.                                        to Real Networks.  You may not 
  206.                                        circumvent "digital rights management"
  207.                                        functions of plug-ins.  You consent to
  208.                                        that DRM code reporting unspecified
  209.                                        unspecified information about your 
  210.                                        computer and its doings to the DRM
  211.                                        code's unnamed authors, and to their
  212.                                        substituting anything they want in its
  213.                                        place without notice.  You may not 
  214.                                        redistribute the program.
  215.    5689 Oct 19 18:41 sun-staroffice-5.2-licence
  216.                                        Highlights:  You may not redistribute
  217.                                        the program:  Licensed for "internal"
  218.                                        use.  You may not reverse-engineer or 
  219.                                        modify it.  You agree to comply with
  220.                                        export/import laws.
  221.   10554 Oct 19 18:40 sun-staroffice-6.0beta1-licence
  222.                                        Highlights:  You may not redistribute
  223.                                        the program:  Licensed for "internal"
  224.                                        use only, and only for "evaluation".
  225.                                        You agree to send Sun testing feedback,
  226.                                        which Sun will then own.  Licence 
  227.                                        expires 90 days after receipt, except
  228.                                        Sun can terminate it with ten days'
  229.                                        written notice, if the software runs
  230.                                        into legal claims.  You agree that the
  231.                                        licence, its terms, and pretty much 
  232.                                        everything about the software are 
  233.                                        hush-hush confidential, and that you 
  234.                                        lose all rights if you blab about them
  235.                                        (unless you can prove that those juicy
  236.                                        details leaked out independently).
  237.                                        You may not reverse-engineer or 
  238.                                        modify it.  You agree to comply with
  239.                                        export/import laws.
  240.  
  241. To research and add to the above list (mostly inspired by SuSE Linux contents):
  242.  
  243.   Siemens AG's DB4Web middleware
  244.   Poet Software Corp. FastObjects SDK for Java and C++
  245.   IBM Java 2
  246.   Intel-v92ham winmodem driver
  247.   MainConcept GmbH's MainActor video-editing package
  248.   www.mimer.com's MimerSQL
  249.   MGE UPS Systems's Personal Solution Pac (MGE power management software)
  250.   Real Networks's RealPlayer
  251.   Adobe Acrobat Reader
  252.   Software AG's ADABAS D
  253.   H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH's AntiVir V
  254.   Knox Sofware Comm.'s Arkeia
  255.   Datan's dataplore digital-signal analysis package
  256.   Enterprise Solution Server (ESS) ERP system
  257.   Sun Microsystems Java2
  258.   Borland Kylix Open Edition
  259.   Moneydance
  260.   OpenEIS enterprise information system
  261.   Opera Software's Opera browser
  262.   Heisch Automatisierungstechnik's rk512 serial interface to Simatic S5 /
  263.     S7 plcs
  264.   SAP database
  265.   Sun Microsystems Star Office
  266.   UofW pine/pico/pilot
  267.   VMware, Inc's VMware
  268.   http://www.vshop.org/'s vshop e-commerce software for MySQL
  269.   T.C. Zhao and Mark Overmars's xforms/xformsd graphics toolkit
  270.   John Bradley's xv graphics tool
  271.