Oberon microsystems, Inc., Switzerland, has the copyright to the Oberon/F software and its accompanying documentation. You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, network, distribute, translate, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works based upon the Oberon microsystems software in whole or in part.
The only exceptions to this are described as follows:
Permission is granted to copy, network, or distribute without fee the complete (single user) education version of Oberon/F, including its documentation, provided that the copies are not made for commercial advantage of any kind. No fees whatsoever (for disks, tapes, postage, link time, etc.) may be attached to the distribution without the written consent of Oberon microsystems. Copies may not be distributed as part of a commercial organization's public relations activities.
The copies must be identical to the original from Oberon microsystems, nothing may be modified, left out, or added. This includes all examples and the documentation as well: it must be copied verbatim, without repagination or reformatting. It is the responsibility of the distributor to guarantee that copies are identical to the original.
The second and last exception regarding distribution concerns run-time versions of Oberon/F, and holds both for the developer as well as for the education version: applications based on any part(s) of Oberon/F, except for the development subsystem, may be distributed along with the necessary parts of Oberon/F. No parts of the development subsystem (compiler, linker, etc) may be redistributed. It doesn't matter whether the application is linked or not. No part of the documentation may be redistributed.
Disclaimer of Warranty
Oberon/F may not be used for safety-critical projects, i.e. projects where life or health of people are at stake. The software and its documentation is provided "as is", and without warranty of any kind. Oberon microsystems and its licensor(s) expressely disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Oberon microsystems does not make any representation regarding the correctness or reliability of the software or the documentation.
Limitation of Liability
Oberon/F was developed using modern software engineering techniques and has been tested on various hardware and software configurations; but users should be aware that it is unlikely that all errors could be detected during development and testing. Under no circumstances shall Oberon microsystems be held liable for any damages that result from the use or inability to use Oberon/F, even if Oberon microsystems has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall Oberon microsystems' total liability to you for all damages or losses exceed the amount paid for the software.
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