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The "Artistic License"
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Preamble
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The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
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Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
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semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
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while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute
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the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make
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reasonable modifications.
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Definitions:
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"Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the
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Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files
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created through textual modification.
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"Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been
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modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes
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of the Copyright Holder as specified below.
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"Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or
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copyrights for the package.
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"You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing
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this Package.
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"Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the
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basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved,
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and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to the
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Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at large
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as a market that must bear the fee.)
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"Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item
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itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item.
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It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it
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under the same conditions they received it.
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1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the
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Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you
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duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.
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2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications
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derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package
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modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version.
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3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided
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that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and
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when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the
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following:
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a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them
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Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or
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an equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive
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site such as uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include
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your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package.
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b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization.
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c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict
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with standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide
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a separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly
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documents how it differs from the Standard Version.
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d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or
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executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
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a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files,
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together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where
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to get the Standard Version.
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b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of
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the Package with your modifications.
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c) give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly
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document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together
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with instructions on where to get the Standard Version.
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d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
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Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
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Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
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you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
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commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software
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distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a
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product of your own.
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6. Any programs linked with this library do not automatically fall
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under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever generated
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them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this
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Package.
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7. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote
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products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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8. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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The End
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