"Package" refers to the Macintosh Control Panel software "Basic Black," the accompanying "Read Me" file, this license document, and the Basic Black source files.
"Standard Version" refers to the Package if it has not been modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of the Copyright Holder.
"Copyright Holder" is Mason L. Bliss, with a place of business located at 18 Beach st., Middleborough, Massachusetts, ZIP code 02346.
"You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this Package.
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"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 under which they received it.
Terms and conditions:
1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers, and include an unmodified copy of this document.
2. You may modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided that you:
a) insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and when you changed that file,
b) give the non-standard version of the Package a non-standard version number, (If you're modifying version 1.4.1 of the package, then you might, for instance, use your initials and call the non-standard version 1.4.1mlb1.)
and provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
a) place your modifications (and their source code) in the Public Domain or otherwise make them Freely Available, and post said modifications (and their source code) to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or place the modifications (and their source code) on a major archive site such as sumex-aim.stanford.edu or mac.archive.umich.edu.
b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization.
c) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
3. The Package must remain Freely Available. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself, or for support of this package. 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.
4. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
5. You may use any part of the source code of the Package in your own projects, provided that:
a) your project is not a screen saver, and
b) you give proper credit for all source code originating in the Package.
Contact the Copyright Holder if you wish to make other arrangements.
6. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM THE USE OF, MIS-USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PACKAGE.
