ChangeLogTag:Tue Jul 12 16:17:38 2005 Douglas C. Schmidt <schmidt@cs.wustl.edu>

1 files changed, 46 insertions, 40 deletions

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index 99c956dd4f2..bbb7d0c8752 100644
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+++ b/COPYING
@@ -27,41 +27,49 @@
    so we can promote your project in the [12]DOC software success
    stories.
    
-   DOC software is provided as is with no warranties of any kind,
-   including the warranties of design, merchantability, and fitness for a
-   particular purpose, noninfringement, or arising from a course of
-   dealing, usage or trade practice. Moreover, DOC software is provided
-   with no support and without any obligation on the part of Washington
-   University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University, their employees, or
-   students to assist in its use, correction, modification, or
-   enhancement. A [13]number of companies around the world provide
-   commercial support for DOC software, however. DOC software is
-   Y2K-compliant, as long as the underlying OS platform is Y2K-compliant.
+   The [13]ACE, [14]TAO, [15]CIAO, and [16]CoSMIC web sites are
+   maintained by the [17]DOC Group at the [18]Institute for Software
+   Integrated Systems (ISIS) and the [19]Center for Distributed Object
+   Computing of Washington University, St. Louis for the development of
+   open-source software as part of the [20]open-source software
+   community. By submitting comments, suggestions, code, code snippets,
+   techniques (including that of usage) and algorithms (collectively
+   ``Submissions''), submitters acknowledge that they have the right to
+   do so, that any such Submissions are given freely and unreservedly,
+   and that they waive any claims to copyright or ownership. In addition,
+   submitters acknowledge that any such Submission might become part of
+   the copyright maintained on the overall body of code that comprises
+   the DOC software. By making a Submission, submitter agree to these
+   terms. Moreover, submitters acknowledge that the incorporation or
+   modification of such Submissions is entirely at the discretion of the
+   moderators of the open-source DOC software projects or their
+   designees.
    
-   Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University, their
-   employees, and students shall have no liability with respect to the
-   infringement of copyrights, trade secrets or any patents by DOC
+   Submissions are provided by the submitter ``as is'' with no warranties
+   whatsoever, including any warranty of merchantability, noninfringement
+   of third party intellectual property, or fitness for any particular
+   purpose. In no event shall the submitter be liable for any direct,
+   indirect, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages,
+   including without limitation, lost profits, even if advised of the
+   possibility of such damages. Likewise, DOC software is provided as is
+   with no warranties of any kind, including the warranties of design,
+   merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose,
+   noninfringement, or arising from a course of dealing, usage or trade
+   practice. Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University,
+   their employees, and students shall have no liability with respect to
+   the infringement of copyrights, trade secrets or any patents by DOC
    software or any part thereof. Moreover, in no event will Washington
    University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University, their employees, or
    students be liable for any lost revenue or profits or other special,
    indirect and consequential damages.
    
-   The [14]ACE, [15]TAO, [16]CIAO, and [17]CoSMIC web sites are
-   maintained by the [18]DOC Group at the [19]Institute for Software
-   Integrated Systems (ISIS) and the [20]Center for Distributed Object
-   Computing of Washington University, St. Louis for the development of
-   open-source software as part of the [21]open-source software
-   community. By submitting comments, suggestions, code, code snippets,
-   techniques (including that of usage), and algorithms, submitters
-   acknowledge that they have the right to do so, that any such
-   submissions are given freely and unreservedly, and that they waive any
-   claims to copyright or ownership. In addition, submitters acknowledge
-   that any such submission might become part of the copyright maintained
-   on the overall body of code, which comprises the DOC software. By
-   making a submission, submitter agree to these terms. Furthermore,
-   submitters acknowledge that the incorporation or modification of such
-   submissions is entirely at the discretion of the moderators of the
-   open-source DOC software projects or their designees.
+   DOC software is provided with no support and without any obligation on
+   the part of Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University,
+   their employees, or students to assist in its use, correction,
+   modification, or enhancement. A [21]number of companies around the
+   world provide commercial support for DOC software, however. DOC
+   software is Y2K-compliant, as long as the underlying OS platform is
+   Y2K-compliant.
    
    The names ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), CoSMIC(TM), Washington
    University, UC Irvine, and Vanderbilt University, may not be used to
@@ -81,8 +89,6 @@
      _________________________________________________________________
    
    Back to the [24]ACE home page.
-   
-   Last modified 21:26:22 CST 03 November 2003 
 
 References
 
@@ -98,15 +104,15 @@ References
   10. http://www.the-it-resource.com/Open-Source/Licenses.html
   11. mailto:doc_group@cs.wustl.edu
   12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-users.html
-  13. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html
-  14. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
-  15. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
-  16. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/
-  17. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/
-  18. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/
-  19. http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/
-  20. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html
-  21. http://www.opensource.org/
+  13. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
+  14. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
+  15. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/
+  16. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/
+  17. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/
+  18. http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/
+  19. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html
+  20. http://www.opensource.org/
+  21. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html
   22. mailto:d.schmidt@vanderbilt.edu
   23. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/
   24. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/ACE.html