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- The RIACS Software Policy.
-
- Copyright (C) 1987 Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science.
- All rights reserved. This policy document may not be altered in any
- manner.
-
- 1. INTENT
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-
- This section is only a summary of the intent of this document, and
- does not represent the actual software distribution policy of the
- Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS).
-
- + The software written at RIACS comes with absolutely no warranty.
- RIACS distributes research and prototype, but no production,
- software.
-
- + The software written at RIACS will contain one of two copyright
- notices, indicating whether or not it may be redistributed.
- Prototype software will contain the "restricted distribution"
- copyright, and is for testing and comments only. Research software
- will contain the "reserved distribution" copyright, and may be
- given to other parties.
-
- + Any software written at RIACS may be modified and duplicated,
- however if you modify any file you must clearly state in the file
- when it was altered, and who altered it.
-
- + You are not allowed to charge for the licensing of any RIACS
- software you may redistribute, nor are you allowed to charge more
- than a nominal fee for making the redistribution.
-
-
-
- 2. THE RESERVED COPYRIGHT
- -------------------------
-
- Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify, and redistribute any
- RIACS software containing the following RIACS copyright notice,
- hereinafter referred to as the Reserved RIACS Copyright, but only under
- the RESERVED conditions stated in sections 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3.
-
- Copyright (C) 1987 Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science.
- All rights reserved. The RIACS Software Policy contains specific
- terms and conditions on the use of this software, and must be
- distributed with any copies. This file may be redistributed. This
- copyright and notice must be preserved in all copies made of this file.
-
-
- 2.1 RESERVED DUPLICATION
- ------------------------
-
- You may duplicate any source code containing the Reserved RIACS
- Copyright as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
- conspicuously and appropriately publish on each file a valid copyright
- notice such as "Copyright (C) 1987 RIACS", containing the year of last
- change and name of copyright holder for the file in question; and keep
- intact the notices on all files that refer to this Software Policy.
-
- You may duplicate any software containing the Reserved RIACS copyright
- or any portion of it in compiled, executable or object code form.
-
- 2.2 RESERVED MODIFICATION
- -------------------------
-
- You may modify your copy or copies of source code containing the
- Reserved RIACS Copyright provided that you cause the modified files to
- carry prominent notices stating who last changed such files and the
- date of any change.
-
- 2.3 RESERVED DISTRIBUTION
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-
- The whole of any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or
- in part contains or is a derivative of software, or any part thereof,
- containing the Reserved RIACS Copyright, must be made available to all
- third parties on terms identical to those contained in this Software
- Policy.
-
- You may charge a distribution fee for the physical act of transferring
- such software, and you may at your option offer warranty protection,
- which is not mandatory, in exchange for a fee. You may not charge a
- fee for the licensing of reserved software.
-
- You may distribute any software containing the Reserved RIACS
- copyright or any portion of it in compiled, executable or object code
- form, provided that you cause each such copy of this software to be
- accompanied by a copy of this Software Policy document; and in
- addition do the following:
-
- a) cause each such copy of this software to be accompanied by the
- corresponding machine-readable source code; or
-
- b) cause each such copy of this software to be accompanied by a
- written offer, which is good for at least one year, to give any
- third party free (except for a nominal shipping charge) machine
- readable copy of the corresponding source code; or
-
- c) in the case where you are a recipient such software in
- compiled, executable or object code form (without the
- corresponding source code) you shall cause copies you distribute
- to be accompanied by a copy of the written offer for source code
- which you received along with your copy such software.
-
-
-
- 3. THE RESTRICTED COPYRIGHT
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-
- Everyone is granted permission to copy and modify, but not to
- redistribute, any RIACS software containing the following RIACS
- copyright notice, hereinafter referred to as the the Restricted RIACS
- Copyright, additionally subject to the RESTRICTED conditions stated
- in sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3.
-
- Copyright (C) 1987 Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science.
- All rights reserved. The RIACS Software Policy contains specific
- terms and conditions on the use of this software. In particular,
- this software may not be distributed to any other party without
- explicit permission from RIACS.
-
- 3.1 RESTRICTED DUPLICATION
- --------------------------
-
- You may duplicate any source code containing the Restricted RIACS
- Copyright as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
- conspicuously and appropriately publish on each file a valid copyright
- notice such as "Copyright (C) 1987 RIACS", containing the year of last
- change and name of copyright holder for the file in question; and keep
- intact the notices on all files that refer to this Software Policy.
-
- You may duplicate any software containing the Restricted RIACS copyright
- or any portion of it in compiled, executable or object code form.
-
- 3.2 RESTRICTED MODIFICATION
- ---------------------------
-
- You may modify your copy or copies of source code containing the
- Restricted RIACS Copyright provided that you cause the modified files to
- carry prominent notices stating who last changed such files and the
- date of any change.
-
- 3.3 RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION
- ---------------------------
-
- The whole of any work that in whole or in part contains or is a
- derivative of software, or any part thereof, containing the Restricted
- RIACS Copyright, may not be made available to any other party, in any
- form or medium, with the exception that all such software will be made
- available to RIACS.
-
-
-
- 4. NO WARRANTY
- --------------
-
- This software is distributed without any WARRANTY from the National
- Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the University Space
- Research Association (USRA), RIACS, or any person associated with
- these organizations. These parties DO NOT accept responsibility for
- the consequences of anyone using any of this software, for whether it
- serves any purpose, or for its working order.
-
- Because all software distributed by RIACS is either research or
- prototype software, and is free of charge, NASA, USRA, RIACS, AND ANY
- PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE ABSOLUTELY NO
- WARRANTY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW. EXCEPT
- WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING, ALL SUCH SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS
- IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
- INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR TITLE. The entire risk as to
- the quality and performance of all such software is with you. Should
- any of this software prove defective, you assume the cost of all
- necessary servicing, repair, or correction.
-
- NASA, USRA, RIACS, or any other party who may modify or redistribute
- software received from RIACS as permitted above shall in no event be
- liable for any claims or demands by you or any other party, or any
- other claim or demand against NASA, USRA, RIACS, or other party due
- to or arising out of your use or inability to use any such software,
- and you agree to indemnify and hold NASA, USRA, RIACS, and any other
- party who may modify or redistribute software received from RIACS as
- permitted above harmless against all such claims.
-
-
-
- 5. TERMS
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-
- By accepting software and this Software Policy document from RIACS, in
- any form or medium, you are accepting the terms and conditions set
- forth in this document.
-
- You may not duplicate, license, distribute, or transfer any software
- containing a RIACS copyright except as expressly provided under this
- Software Policy. Any attempt to otherwise duplicate, license,
- distribute, or transfer this software will terminate your rights under
- this agreement. However, parties who have received software from you
- with this Software Policy document will not have their rights
- terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance with the
- terms and conditions herein.
-
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