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Persistence of Vision Raytracer
Version 1.0
Copyright and Legal Information
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The following is legal information for the Persistence of Vision
Ray-tracer a.k.a POV-Ray and applies to all POV-Ray source,
executable, scene file, documentation archives and files contained
in the archives. All of these are referred to here as "the software".
This notice must accompany all Persistence of Vision files.
It may not be removed or modified. This information pertains to
all use of the package worldwide.
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IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION!
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Permission is granted to the user to use the Persistence of Vision
Raytracer and all associated files in this package to create and
render images. The use of this software for the purpose of creating
images is free. The creator of a scene file and the image created from
the scene file, retains all rights to the image and scene file they created
and may use them for any purpose commercial or non-commercial.
This software package and all of the files in this archive are
copyrighted and can not be distributed or modified without the written
permission of the authors, the POV-Team, led by Drew Wells.
No portion of this package may be separated from the package and
distributed separately without the written permission of the authors.
This software may not be included in whole or in part in any
software without the written permission of the POV-Team.
This software may not be included in any publication, such as, but
not limited to, magazines, books, newspapers, or newsletters, without
the written permission of the POV-Team.
This software may not be included in any software compilation using
media such as, but not limited to, CD-ROM, tape backup, optical disks,
hard disks, or memory cards, without the written permission of the
POV-Team.
This package may not be compiled and distributed, modified or not, without
the written permission of the POV-Team. The user is granted the
privilege to compile the source for their own personal use. Executables
created by the user from the source include in the source archive may not,
under any circumstances, be distributed without the written permission
of the POV-Team. The user is encouraged to send enhancements and bug fixes
to the POV-Team, but they are in no way required to utilize these
enhancements or fixes.
The permission to distribute this package under certain very specific
conditions is granted in advance, provided that the above and following
conditions are met.
Conditions for non-commercial distribution
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Non-commercial distribution is classified as a user
copying the software for a personal friend or colleague
and not charging money or services for that copy. This does
not include non-profit organizations. These groups should use
the Shareware/Freeware distribution company rules below.
This method of distribution is encouraged as long as the archives
are distributed complete and unmodified. We also ask that
the user copy the executable archives, documentation archives, and
sample scene file archives together for the friend or colleague.
We consider this the full package for normal use.
If the source archive is copied, we ask that the user also include
the documentation archive and sample scene archive.
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Conditions for SHAREWARE/FREEWARE distribution companies
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Shareware and freeware distribution companies may distribute the
archives under the conditions following this paragraph. This privilege
may be revoked at any time without warning or cause. The provider is
required to cease distribution if and when the POV-Team requests
that distribution stop.
The archive containing the executable, the archive containing the
documentation, and the archive containing sample scenes must be
distributed together by shareware/freeware distribution companies.
These archives must be the ones distributed by the POV-Team. They
may not be modified or re-archived using a different method.
No more than five dollars U.S. ($5) can be charged per disk for the
copying of this software and the media it is provided on. Space on each
disk must used completely.
I.E. A shareware/freeware distribution company may only charge
five U.S dollars or less for each disk required to provide this
software.
They must provide the excutable archive, documentation archive and
sample scene file archive as one package. The company may not put
each archive on a separate disk and charge for three disks if all
three archives will fit on one disk. If more than one disk is needed
to store the archives then more than one disk may be used and charged
for.
The distributor is not required to make the source archive available
with the other archives. But if the distributor does choose to make
the source archive available, the distributor must also make available
the executable archive, the documentation archive and the sample scene
file archive in the same manner.
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Conditions for On-line Services and BBS's
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On-line services and BBS's may distribute the POV-Ray archives under
the conditions following this paragraph. This privilege may be revoked
at any time without warning or cause. The provider is required to cease
distribution if and when the POV-Team requests that distribution stop.
The archive containing the executable, the archive containing the
documentation, and the archive containing sample scenes must be
all be easily available on the service and should be grouped
together in a similar on-line area.
These archives must be the ones distributed by the POV-Team. They
may not be modified or re-archived using a different method.
The distributor is not required to make the source archive available
with the other archives. But if the distrbutor does choose to make
the source archive available, the distributor must also make available
the executable archive, the documentation archive and the sample scene
file archive in the same manner.
These archives must be the ones distributed by the POV-Team. They
may not be modified or re-archived using a different method without
the written permission of the POV-Team.
The on-line service or BBS may only charge standard usage rates for
the downloading of this software. A premium may not be charged for
this package.
I.E. Compuserve or America On-Line may make these archives available
to their users, but they may only charge regular usage rates for the
time required to download. They must also make the all of the archives
available in the same forum, so they can be easily located by a user.
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DISCLAIMER
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This software is provided as is without any guarantees or warranty.
Although the authors have attempted to find and correct any bugs in
the package, they are not responsible for any damage or losses of any
kind caused by the use or misuse of the package. The authors are
under no obligation to provide service, corrections, or upgrades
to this package.
[End of Legal Information]
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If you have any problems with the program, the POV people would like to
hear about them. Also, if you have any comments, questions or enhancements,
please contact the POV-Team on the Compuserve Online Service in the
GRAPHICS forums, COMART forum message section 16 (!GO COMART).
The CIS COMART forum is devoted to computer generated artwork like
raytracing, animation and fractals. For more information regarding the
POV-Team see the file POVINF.TXT. For more information on
Compuserve call (USA) 1-800-848-8990.
Inquiries may be made to:
Drew Wells
POV-Team Leader
CIS: 73767,1244 (preffered)
AOL: Drew Wells
Internet: 73767.1244@compuserve.com
Prodigy: SXNX74A (not used often)
US Mail:
905 North Avenue 66
Los Angeles, CA, USA
90042
Phone: (213) 254-4041
The other authors' contact information may be found in POVRAY.DOC, which
is included in the documentation archive.
POV-Ray is based on the popular DKBTrace version 2.12 with the
permission of the authors.
DKBTrace was originally written by David K. Buck.
DKBTrace Ver 2.0-2.12 were written by David K. Buck & Aaron A. Collins.