1 The Clarified Artistic License |
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3 Preamble |
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4 |
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5 The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a |
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6 Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some |
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7 semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, |
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8 while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute |
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9 the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make |
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10 reasonable modifications. |
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11 |
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12 Definitions: |
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13 |
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14 "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the |
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15 Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files |
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16 created through textual modification. |
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17 |
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18 "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been |
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19 modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes |
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20 of the Copyright Holder as specified below. |
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21 |
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22 "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or |
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23 copyrights for the package. |
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24 |
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25 "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing |
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26 this Package. |
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27 |
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28 "Distribution fee" is a fee you charge for providing a copy |
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29 of this Package to another party. |
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30 |
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31 "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the right to |
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32 use the item, though there may be fees involved in handling the |
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33 item. It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute |
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34 it under the same conditions they received it. |
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35 |
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36 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the |
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37 Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you |
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38 duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers. |
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39 |
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40 2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications |
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41 derived from the Public Domain, or those made Freely Available, or from |
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42 the Copyright Holder. A Package modified in such a way shall still be |
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43 considered the Standard Version. |
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44 |
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45 3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided |
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46 that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and |
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47 when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the |
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48 following: |
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49 |
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50 a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them |
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51 Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an |
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52 equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major network |
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53 archive site allowing unrestricted access to them, or by allowing the |
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54 Copyright Holder to include your modifications in the Standard Version |
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55 of the Package. |
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56 |
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57 b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization. |
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58 |
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59 c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict |
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60 with standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide |
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61 a separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly |
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62 documents how it differs from the Standard Version. |
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63 |
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64 d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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65 |
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66 e) permit and encourage anyone who receives a copy of the modified Package |
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67 permission to make your modifications Freely Available |
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68 in some specific way. |
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69 |
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70 |
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71 4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or |
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72 executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following: |
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73 |
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74 a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files, |
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75 together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where |
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76 to get the Standard Version. |
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77 |
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78 b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of |
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79 the Package with your modifications. |
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80 |
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81 c) give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly |
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82 document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together |
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83 with instructions on where to get the Standard Version. |
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84 |
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85 d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder. |
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86 |
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87 e) offer the machine-readable source of the Package, with your |
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88 modifications, by mail order. |
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89 |
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90 5. You may charge a distribution fee for any distribution of this Package. |
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91 If you offer support for this Package, you may charge any fee you choose |
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92 for that support. You may not charge a license fee for the right to use |
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93 this Package itself. You may distribute this Package in aggregate with |
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94 other (possibly commercial and possibly nonfree) programs as part of a |
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95 larger (possibly commercial and possibly nonfree) software distribution, |
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96 and charge license fees for other parts of that software distribution, |
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97 provided that you do not advertise this Package as a product of your own. |
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98 If the Package includes an interpreter, You may embed this Package's |
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99 interpreter within an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be |
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100 construed as a mere form of aggregation, provided that the complete |
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101 Standard Version of the interpreter is so embedded. |
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102 |
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103 6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as |
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104 output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall |
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105 under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whoever generated |
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106 them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this |
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107 Package. If such scripts or library files are aggregated with this |
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108 Package via the so-called "undump" or "unexec" methods of producing a |
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109 binary executable image, then distribution of such an image shall |
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110 neither be construed as a distribution of this Package nor shall it |
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111 fall under the restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you do |
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112 not represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this |
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113 Package. |
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114 |
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115 7. C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other |
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116 languages) supplied by you and linked into this Package in order to |
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117 emulate subroutines and variables of the language defined by this |
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118 Package shall not be considered part of this Package, but are the |
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119 equivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided these subroutines do |
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120 not change the language in any way that would cause it to fail the |
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121 regression tests for the language. |
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122 |
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123 8. Aggregation of the Standard Version of the Package with a commercial |
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124 distribution is always permitted provided that the use of this Package |
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125 is embedded; that is, when no overt attempt is made to make this Package's |
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126 interfaces visible to the end user of the commercial distribution. |
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127 Such use shall not be construed as a distribution of this Package. |
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128 |
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129 9. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote |
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130 products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. |
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131 |
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132 10. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR |
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133 IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED |
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134 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
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135 |
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136 The End |
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