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5 The "Artistic License"
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7 Preamble
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9 The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
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10 Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
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11 semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
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12 while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute
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13 the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make
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14 reasonable modifications.
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15
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16 Definitions:
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18 "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the
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19 Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files
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20 created through textual modification.
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22 "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been
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23 modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes
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24 of the Copyright Holder as specified below.
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26 "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or
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27 copyrights for the package.
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28
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29 "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing
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30 this Package.
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31
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32 "Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the
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33 basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved,
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34 and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to the
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35 Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at large
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36 as a market that must bear the fee.)
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38 "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item
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39 itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item.
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40 It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it
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41 under the same conditions they received it.
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43 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the
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44 Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you
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45 duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.
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46
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47 2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications
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48 derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package
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49 modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version.
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51 3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided
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52 that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and
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53 when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the
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54 following:
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56 a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them
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57 Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or
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58 an equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive
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59 site such as uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include
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60 your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package.
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61
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62 b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization.
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64 c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict
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65 with standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide
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66 a separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly
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67 documents how it differs from the Standard Version.
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68
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69 d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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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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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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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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87 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
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88 Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
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89 Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
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90 you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
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91 commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software
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92 distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a
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93 product of your own. You may embed this Package's interpreter within
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94 an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere
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95 form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the
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96 interpreter is so embedded.
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98 6. The source code and object code supplied as input to or produced as
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99 output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall
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100 under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whoever generated
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101 them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this
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102 Package.
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104 7. Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is always
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105 permitted provided that the use of this Package is embedded; that is,
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106 when no overt attempt is made to make this Package's interfaces visible
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107 to the end user of the commercial distribution. Such use shall not be
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108 construed as a distribution of this Package.
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109
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110 8. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote
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111 products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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112
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113 9. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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114 IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
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115 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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116
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117 The End
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