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Revision: 1.7
Committed: Thu Apr 1 20:58:17 2004 UTC (20 years ago) by tdb
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Log Message:
Correct a mention of the CMS, which should really have referred to all of
our software.

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1 tdb 1.5 <!--#include virtual="/doctype.inc" -->
2 tdb 1.6 <head>
3     <title>
4     i-scream licensing
5     </title>
6 tdb 1.4 <!--#include virtual="/style.inc" -->
7 tdb 1.6 </head>
8     <body>
9     <div id="container">
10     <div id="main">
11 tdb 1.4 <!--#include virtual="/header.inc" -->
12 tdb 1.6 <div id="contents">
13     <h1 class="top">
14     i-scream software licensing
15     </h1>
16     <p>
17 tdb 1.7 Unless explicitly mentioned all i-scream software is
18     licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The
19     full license can be found
20     <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt">here</a>,
21     but is also given below for reference.
22 tdb 1.6 </p>
23     <pre>
24     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
25     Version 2, June 1991
26 tdb 1.1
27     Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
28     59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
29     Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
30     of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
31    
32 tdb 1.6 Preamble
33 tdb 1.1
34     The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
35     freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
36     License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
37     software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
38     General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
39     Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
40     using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
41     the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
42     your programs, too.
43    
44     When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
45     price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
46     have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
47     this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
48     if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
49     in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
50    
51     To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
52     anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
53     These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
54     distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
55    
56     For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
57     gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
58     you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
59     source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their
60     rights.
61    
62     We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
63     (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
64     distribute and/or modify the software.
65    
66     Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
67     that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
68     software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we
69     want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so
70     that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original
71     authors' reputations.
72    
73     Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
74     patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free
75     program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
76     program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
77     patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
78    
79     The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
80     modification follow.
81 tdb 1.6
82     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
83 tdb 1.1 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
84    
85     0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
86     a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
87     under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below,
88     refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
89     means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
90     that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
91     either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
92     language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in
93     the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you".
94    
95     Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
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98     is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
99     Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
100     Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
101    
102     1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
103     source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
104     conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
105     copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
106     notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty;
107     and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License
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109    
110     You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and
111     you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
112    
113     2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
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117    
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120    
121     b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
122     whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
123     part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
124     parties under the terms of this License.
125    
126     c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
127     when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
128     interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
129     announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a
130     notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
131     a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
132     these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
133     License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
134     does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
135     the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
136 tdb 1.6
137 tdb 1.1 These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
138     identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
139     and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
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141     sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you
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146    
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150     collective works based on the Program.
151    
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155     the scope of this License.
156    
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160    
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171    
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194 tdb 1.6
195 tdb 1.1 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
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251 tdb 1.6
252 tdb 1.1 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
253     certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
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259    
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271     Foundation.
272    
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278     of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
279     of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
280    
281 tdb 1.6 NO WARRANTY
282 tdb 1.1
283     11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
284     FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
285     OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
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288     MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
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290     PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
291     REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
292    
293     12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
294     WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
295     REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
296     INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
297     OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
298     TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
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300     PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
301     POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
302    
303 tdb 1.6 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
304    
305     How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
306 tdb 1.1
307     If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
308     possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
309     free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
310    
311     To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
312     to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
313     convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
314     the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
315    
316 tdb 1.2 &lt;one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.&gt;
317     Copyright (C) &lt;year&gt; &lt;name of author&gt;
318 tdb 1.1
319     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
320     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
321     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
322     (at your option) any later version.
323    
324     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
325     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
326     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
327     GNU General Public License for more details.
328    
329     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
330     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
331     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
332    
333    
334     Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
335    
336     If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
337     when it starts in an interactive mode:
338    
339     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
340     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
341     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
342     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
343    
344     The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
345     parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
346     be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
347     mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
348    
349     You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
350     school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
351     necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
352    
353     Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
354     `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
355    
356 tdb 1.2 &lt;signature of Ty Coon&gt;, 1 April 1989
357 tdb 1.1 Ty Coon, President of Vice
358    
359     This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
360     proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
361     consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
362     library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
363     Public License instead of this License.
364     </pre>
365 tdb 1.6 </div>
366 tdb 1.4 <!--#include virtual="/footer.inc" -->
367 tdb 1.6 </div>
368 tdb 1.4 <!--#include virtual="/menu.inc" -->
369 tdb 1.6 </div>
370     </body>
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