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-COPYRIGHT INFORMATION FOR ACE
-
-ACE is copyrighted by Douglas C. Schmidt and his research group at
-Washington University, Copyright (c) 1993-1997, all rights reserved.
-You are free to do anything you like with the ACE source code (and
-object code produced from the source).  For instance, you can include
-it in commercial software, as long as you include this copyright
-statement along with code built using ACE.
-
-You are under no obligation to freely redistribute any of your source
-code that is built using ACE.  Please note, however, that you may not
-do anything to the ACE code that will prevent it from being
+Copyright Information for ACE and TAO
+
+[1]ACE and [2]TAO are copyrighted by [3]Douglas C. Schmidt and his
+[4]research group at [5]Washington University, Copyright (c)
+1993-1997, all rights reserved. Since ACE is [6]freely available
+[7]open source software, you are free to do anything you like with the
+ACE and TAO source code and object code produced from the source, as
+long as you include this copyright statement along with code built
+using ACE and TAO.
+
+In particular, you can use ACE and TAO in commercial software and are
+under no obligation to redistribute any of your source code that is
+built using ACE and TAO. Please note, however, that you may not do
+anything to the ACE and TAO code that will prevent it from being
 distributed freely (such as copyrighting it yourself or claiming
-authorship of the ACE code).
+authorship of the ACE and TAO code).
 
-ACE is provided as is with no warranties of any kind including the
-warranties of design, merchantibility and fitness for a particular
-purpose, noninfringement, or arising from a course of dealing, usage
-or trade practice.
+ACE and TAO are provided as is with no warranties of any kind
+including the warranties of design, merchantibility and fitness for a
+particular purpose, noninfringement, or arising from a course of
+dealing, usage or trade practice.
 
-ACE is provided with no support and without any obligation on the part
-of Washington University, its employees, or students to assist in its
-use, correction, modification or enhancement.
+ACE and TAO are provided with no support and without any obligation on
+the part of Washington University, its employees, or students to
+assist in its use, correction, modification or enhancement.
 
 Washington University, its employees, and students shall have no
 liability with respect to the infringement of copyrights, trade
-secrets or any patents by ACE or any part thereof.
+secrets or any patents by ACE and TAO or any part thereof.
 
 In no event will Washington University, its employees, or students be
 liable for any lost revenue or profits or other special, indirect and
 consequential damages.
 
-        Douglas C. Schmidt 
-        schmidt@cs.wustl.edu 
+If you have any questions, please let me know.
+
+Douglas C. Schmidt
+schmidt@cs.wustl.edu
+_________________________________________________________________
+
+References
+
+1. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
+2. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
+3. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/
+4. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-members.html
+5. http://www.wustl.edu/
+6. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/98/0810/6209094a.htm
+7. http://www.opensource.org/