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Software in this distribution of the X Window System is covered by copyrights;
see the file LABELS in this directory for a list.
The MIT distribution of the X Window System is publicly available, but is NOT
in the public domain. The difference is that copyrights granting rights for
unrestricted use and redistribution have been placed on all of the software to
identify its authors. You are allowed and encouraged to take this software and
build commerical products.
Individuals or organizations wishing to contribute software to the public
releases should use a copyright notice that is no more restrictive than
the sample given below. In particular,
o Do not place any restictions on what can be done with this software
(this includes using the GNU "copyleft").
o Do not include the words "All rights reserved" unless you have had a
lawyer verify that you have also explicitly given away all of the
necessary rights shown in the samples.
o Spell out the word "Copyright"; the phrase "(c)" is NOT a legal
alternative to the c-in-circle symbol.
o Put at least a one-line copyright at the top of EVERY source file, if
not the full copyright. Also, the copyright line or full notice MUST
physically appear in each file. Using the preprocessor to #include the
copyright from some other file has no legal meaning (it can be used to
incorporate common strings into the binary, but has no effect on the
status of the source code).
o Things that are copyrighted are, by definition, not in the public
domain.
A copyright notice similar to the following is strongly recommended (replacing
MIT with your organization's name and putting your name and address at the
bottom).
/*
* Copyright 1989 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
* documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
* the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
* copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
* documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in advertising or
* publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
* written prior permission. M.I.T. makes no representations about the
* suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
* without express or implied warranty.
*
* M.I.T. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL M.I.T.
* BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
* WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
* OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
* CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
*
* Author: Your Name, Name of your organization
*/
X Window System, Version 11
Release 4
contents copyrighted by
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Apollo Computer Inc.
Apple Computer, Inc.
AT&T, Inc.
Don Bennett
Bigelow & Holmes
Bitstream, Inc.
Adam de Boor
Cognition Corp.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Franz Inc
Hewlett-Packard Company
IBM Corporation
Network Computing Devices, Inc.
O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Dale Schumacher
Marvin Solomon
Sony Corp.
SRI
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tektronix, Inc.
Texas Instruments Incorporated
UniSoft Systems
The Regents of the University of California
University of Wisconsin
Larry Wall
Wyse Technology, Inc.