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- General ETH Oberon System Source License
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- License Terms
-
- of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zuerich (Eidgenoessische
- Technische Hochschule Zuerich [ETHZ]), represented by Prof. Dr. Juerg
- Gutknecht, Institute for Computer Systems, (hereafter Institute),
- concerning the Source Code to the software ETH Oberon.
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- Article 1 Subject
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- Subject of these license terms is the source code of the software system
- ETH Oberon, hereafter referred to as source code.
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- Article 2 Rights of the Licensee
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- The Licensee shall be granted the right to use the source code in whole or in
- part for private use, for conversion to another platform or for production of
- an application software, to grant sub-licenses of the source code as well as,
- under the condition of Article 3, to adapt or to modify it. The Licensee
- shall not be allowed to use the source code or derivatives thereof
- commercially, unless this right has been granted explicitly.
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- Article 3 Prohibition
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- (1) The Licensee may not do either of the following
- (a) modify the interfaces of the source code in any way that disagrees
- with style and content of the system.
- (b) produce conversions to another platform that disagree with style and
- content of the system.
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- (2) In case of doubt the Institute shall be asked for written consent.
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- Article 4 Obligations of the Licensee
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- (1) Sub-licenses must confer the identical legal position which is granted by
- the present license terms. The Sub-Licensee must therefore be entitled to
- the same rights and must be bound by the same obligations as well as by the
- same prohibition as the Licensee.
-
- (2) The source code of each module, also in each copy, must at the beginning
- refer to the present license terms as follows:
-
- (* ETH Oberon, Copyright 2000 ETH Zuerich Institut fuer Computersysteme,
- ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zuerich. Refer to the "General ETH Oberon System
- Source License" contract available at: http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/ *)
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- (3) The source code and each conversion resulting from its utilization must
- be provided with the name Oberon and designate as author the "Team of the
- Institute for Computer Systems of ETH Zuerich" at the beginning. Any further
- developments, updates and applications must be marked "based on Oberon".
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- (4) Modifications by the Licensee are to be clearly identified.
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- Article 5 Consequences of Infringements
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- Each infringement of these license terms shall directly result in the loss of
- the rights granted in Article 2. There shall be no right to distribute those
- products which have been produced in violation of this contract.
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- Article 6 Information
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- (1) Upon request the Institute (e-mail: oberon@inf.ethz.ch) shall provide the
- Licensee with information on modifications, updates and further developments
- of the source code by the Institute.
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- (2) Upon request the Licensee and each Sub-Licensee shall disclose to the
- Institute their applications, modifications, updates and further developments
- of the source code as well as the thereby gained experiences and knowledge.
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- Article 7 Liability
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- (1) The Institute does not assume any liability for damage directly or
- indirectly caused by the application of the source code.
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- (2) If a third party takes legal action based on infringement of its
- protective rights by the Licensee's use of the source code, the contract
- party sued must immediately notify the other contract party. The Licensee is
- not entitled to conclude a settlement without the expressive and written
- consent of the Institute.
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- Article 8 Modifications
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- The Institute may modify these license terms. The valid version may be
- downloaded or requested as mentioned in Article 4 sub-paragraph 2.
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- Article 9 Validity and Duration of License
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- (1) Upon receipt of the source code these license terms are deemed to be
- accepted.
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- (2) By notification with registered mail, the Institute may withdraw the
- license or the sub-license with immediate effect.
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- (3) The obligations of the licensee according to Articles 3 and 4
- sub-paragraphs 2 - 4 shall remain effective even after the termination
- of the license.
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- Article 10 Applicable Law and Place of Jurisdiction
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- This Agreement is governed by Swiss law. Place of jurisdiction is Zuerich.
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- For the Institute:
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- Zuerich, May 10, 2000
- Juerg Gutknecht
-