ChangeLogTag:Wed Apr 16 13:35:34 2003 Ossama Othman <ossama@uci.edu>

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+Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM) and TAO(TM)
 
-     _________________________________________________________________
-   
-  Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM) and TAO(TM)
-  
-   [1]ACE(TM) and [2]TAO(TM) are copyrighted by [3]Douglas C. Schmidt and
-   his [4]research group at [5]Washington University, Copyright (c)
-   1993-2003, all rights reserved. Since ACE and TAO are [6]open source,
-   [7]free software, you are free to use, modify, and distribute 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 proprietary software and are
-   under no obligation to redistribute any of your source code that is
-   built using ACE and TAO. Note, however, that you may not do anything
-   to the ACE and TAO code, such as copyrighting it yourself or claiming
-   authorship of the ACE and TAO code, that will prevent ACE and TAO from
-   being distributed freely using an open source development model.
-   
-   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. Moreover, 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. However, commercial support
-   for ACE and TAO are available from [8]Riverace and [9]OCI,
-   respectively. Moreover, both ACE and TAO are Y2K-compliant, as long as
-   the underlying OS platform is Y2K-compliant.
-   
-   Washington University, its employees, and students shall have no
-   liability with respect to the infringement of copyrights, trade
-   secrets or any patents by ACE and TAO or any part thereof. Moreover,
-   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.
-   
-   The [10]ACE and [11]TAO web sites are maintained by the [12]Center for
-   Distributed Object Computing of Washington University for the
-   development of open source software as part of the [13]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
-   [14]ACE and [15]TAO 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 ACE and TAO projects
-   or their designees.
-   
-   The names ACE
-   (TM), TAO(TM), and Washington University may not be used to endorse or
-   promote products or services derived from this source without express
-   written permission from Washington University. Further, products or
-   services derived from this source may not be called ACE(TM) or
-   TAO(TM), nor may the name Washington University appear in their names,
-   without express written permission from Washington University.
-   
-   If you have any suggestions, additions, comments, or questions, please
-   let [16]me know.
-   
-   [17]Douglas C. Schmidt
-     _________________________________________________________________
-   
-   Back to the [18]ACE home page.
+[1]ACE(TM) and [2]TAO(TM) are copyrighted by [3]Douglas C. Schmidt and
+his [4]research group at [5]Washington University, [6]University of
+California, Irvine, and [7]Vanderbilt University Copyright (c)
+1993-2003, all rights reserved. Since ACE+TAO are open-source, free
+software, you are free to use, modify, copy, and
+distribute--perpetually and irrevocably--the ACE+TAO source code and
+object code produced from the source, as well as copy and distribute
+modified versions of this software. You must, however, include this
+copyright statement along with code built using ACE+TAO.
+
+You can use ACE+TAO in proprietary software and are under no
+obligation to redistribute any of your source code that is built using
+ACE+TAO. Note, however, that you may not do anything to the ACE+TAO
+code, such as copyrighting it yourself or claiming authorship of the
+ACE+TAO code, that will prevent ACE+TAO from being distributed freely
+using an open-source development model. You needn't inform anyone that
+you're using ACE+TAO in your software, though we encourage you to let
+[8]us know so we can promote your project in the [9]ACE+TAO success
+stories..
+
+ACE+TAO are 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, ACE+TAO are 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. However, commercial support for ACE is available from
+[10]Riverace and commercial support for TAO is available from [11]OCI
+and [12]PrismTech. Both ACE and TAO are Y2K-compliant, as long as the
+underlying OS platform is Y2K-compliant.
+
+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 ACE+TAO 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 [13]ACE and [14]TAO web sites are maintained by the [15]Center for
+Distributed Object Computing of Washington University for the
+development of open-source software as part of the [16]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
+[17]ACE and [18]TAO 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 ACE+TAO projects or
+their designees.
+
+The names ACE(TM), TAO(TM), Washington University, UC Irvine, and
+Vanderbilt University, may not be used to endorse or promote products
+or services derived from this source without express written
+permission from Washington University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt
+University. Further, products or services derived from this source may
+not be called ACE(TM) or TAO(TM), nor may the name Washington
+University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University appear in their names,
+without express written permission from Washington University, UC
+Irvine, and Vanderbilt University.
+
+If you have any suggestions, additions, comments, or questions, please
+let [19]me know.
+
+[20]Douglas C. Schmidt
 
 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.opensource.org/
-   7. http://www.gnu.org/
-   8. http://www.riverace.com/
-   9. file://localhost/home/cs/faculty/schmidt/.www-docs/www.ociweb.com
-  10. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
-  11. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
-  12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html
-  13. http://www.opensource.org/
-  14. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-obtain.html
-  15. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO-obtain.html
-  16. mailto:schmidt@cs.wustl.edu
-  17. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/
-  18. file://localhost/home/cs/faculty/schmidt/.www-docs/ACE.html
+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.uci.edu/
+7. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/
+8. mailto:doc_group@cs.wustl.edu
+9. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-users.html
+10. http://www.riverace.com/
+11. http://www.theaceorb.com/
+12. http://www.prismtechnologies.com/
+13. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
+14. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
+15. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html
+16. http://www.opensource.org/
+17. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-obtain.html
+18. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO-obtain.html
+19. mailto:schmidt@cs.wustl.edu
+20. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/
+21. file://localhost/project/adaptive/.www-docs/ACE.html