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diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f4d029f1ef6d --- /dev/null +++ b/license.txt @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), and +CoSMIC(TM) +ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), and CoSMIC(TM) (henceforth referred to as +"DOC software") are copyrighted by Douglas C. Schmidt and his research +group at Washington University, University of California, Irvine, and +Vanderbilt University, Copyright (c) 1993-2006, all rights reserved. +Since DOC software is open-source, freely available software, you are +free to use, modify, copy, and distribute--perpetually and +irrevocably--the DOC software source code and object code produced from +the source, as well as copy and distribute modified versions of this +software. You must, however, include this copyright statement along with +any code built using DOC software that you release. No copyright +statement needs to be provided if you just ship binary executables of +your software products. + +You can use DOC software in commercial and/or binary software releases +and are under no obligation to redistribute any of your source code that +is built using DOC software. Note, however, that you may not do anything +to the DOC software code, such as copyrighting it yourself or claiming +authorship of the DOC software code, that will prevent DOC software from +being distributed freely using an open-source development model. You +needn't inform anyone that you're using DOC software in your software, +though we encourage you to let us know so we can promote your project in +the DOC software success stories. + +The ACE, TAO, CIAO, and CoSMIC web sites are maintained by the DOC Group +at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) and the Center +for Distributed Object Computing of Washington University, St. Louis for +the development of open-source software as part of the open-source +software community. By submitting comments, suggestions, code, code +snippets, techniques (including that of usage) and algorithms +(collectively ``Submissions''), submitters acknowledge that they have +the right to do so, that any such Submissions are given freely and +unreservedly, and that they waive any claims to copyright or ownership. +In addition, submitters acknowledge that any such Submission might +become part of the copyright maintained on the overall body of code that +comprises the DOC software. By making a Submission, submitter agree to +these terms. Moreover, submitters acknowledge that the incorporation or +modification of such Submissions is entirely at the discretion of the +moderators of the open-source DOC software projects or their designees. + +Submissions are provided by the submitter ``as is'' with no warranties +whatsoever, including any warranty of merchantability, noninfringement +of third party intellectual property, or fitness for any particular +purpose. In no event shall the submitter be liable for any direct, +indirect, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages, +including without limitation, lost profits, even if advised of the +possibility of such damages. Likewise, DOC software is provided as is +with no warranties of any kind, including the warranties of design, +merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement, +or arising from a course of dealing, usage or trade practice. Washington +University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University, their employees, and +students shall have no liability with respect to the infringement of +copyrights, trade secrets or any patents by DOC software or any part +thereof. Moreover, in no event will Washington University, UC Irvine, or +Vanderbilt University, their employees, or students be liable for any +lost revenue or profits or other special, indirect and consequential +damages. + +DOC software is provided with no support and without any obligation on +the part of Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University, +their employees, or students to assist in its use, correction, +modification, or enhancement. A number of companies around the world +provide commercial support for DOC software, however. + +DOC software is Y2K-compliant, as long as the underlying OS platform is +Y2K-compliant. Likewise, DOC software is compliant with the new US +daylight savings rule passed by Congress as "The Energy Policy Act of +2005," which established new daylight savings times (DST) rules for the +United States that expand DST as of March 2007. Since DOC software +obtains time/date and calendaring information from operating systems +users will not be affected by the new DST rules as long as they upgrade +their operating systems accordingly. + +The names ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), CoSMIC(TM), Washington University, +UC Irvine, and Vanderbilt University, may not be used to endorse or +promote products or services derived from this source without express +written permission from Washington University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt +University. Further, products or services derived from this source may +not be called ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), or CoSMIC(TM) nor may the name +Washington University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University appear in +their names, without express written permission from Washington +University, UC Irvine, and Vanderbilt University. |