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@@ -1,50 +1,74 @@ -Copyright Information for ACE and TAO +Copyright and Licensing 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) -1993-1999, 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. +1993-1999, all rights reserved. Since ACE and TAO are freely +available, [6]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 and TAO code). +anything to the ACE and TAO code, such as copyrighting it yourself or +claiming authorship of the ACE and TAO code, that will prevent it from +being distributed freely using an open source development model. -ACE and TAO are provided as is with no warranties of any kind +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 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. +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 [7]Riverace and [8]OCI, +respectively. 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. - -In no event will Washington University, its employees, or students be +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. -If you have any questions, please let me know. +The [1]ACE and [2]TAO web sites are maintained by the [9]Center for +Distributed Object Computing of Washington University for the +development of open source software as part of the [10]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 +[11]ACE and [12]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. + +If you have any questions, please let [13]me know. -Douglas C. Schmidt -schmidt@cs.wustl.edu +[14]Douglas C. Schmidt _________________________________________________________________ -References +Back to the [15]ACE home page. -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/ +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.riverace.com/ + 8. file://localhost/project/adaptive/.www-docs/www.ociweb.com + 9. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html + 10. http://www.opensource.org/ + 11. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-obtain.html + 12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO-obtain.html + 13. mailto:schmidt@cs.wustl.edu + 14. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ + 15. file://localhost/project/adaptive/.www-docs/ACE.html diff --git a/ChangeLog-99b b/ChangeLog-99b index b00dd4a2aab..e2092286e3e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog-99b +++ b/ChangeLog-99b @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +Sun Apr 25 14:52:18 1999 Douglas C. Schmidt <schmidt@tango.cs.wustl.edu> + + * COPYING, + TAO/COPYING: Updated the ACE+TAO COPYING information to + emphasize the relationship to open source. Thanks to Malcolm + Spence <spence_m@ociweb.com> for suggesting the wording. + Sat Apr 24 23:03:31 1999 Alexander Babu Arulanthu <alex@cs.wustl.edu> * ACE_wrappers/ace/POSIX_Asynch_IO.cpp diff --git a/TAO/COPYING b/TAO/COPYING index 022fb1a56f1..11c84de9c2b 100644 --- a/TAO/COPYING +++ b/TAO/COPYING @@ -1,40 +1,79 @@ -COPYRIGHT INFORMATION FOR TAO - -TAO is copyrighted by Douglas C. Schmidt and his research group at -Washington University, Copyright (c) 1996-1999, all rights reserved. -In addition, some portions of TAO (particularly the IIOP protocol -engine) are copyrighted by SunSoft (see the ./IIOP/lib/COPYING.sun -file for more details). Likewise, TAO relies heavily on ACE, which is -also copyrighted by Douglas C. Schmidt and his research group at -Washington University (see the ../COPYING file for more details). - -You are free to do anything you like with the Wash. U. portions of -TAO's 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 TAO. - -You are under no obligation to freely redistribute any of your source -code that is built using TAO. Please note, however, that you may not -do anything to the ACE code that will prevent it from being -distributed freely (such as copyrighting it or claiming authorship). - -TAO 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. - -TAO 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. +Copyright and Licensing 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) +1993-1999, all rights reserved. Some portions of TAO are copyrighted +by SunSoft (see the ./IIOP/lib/COPYING.sun file for more details). +Likewise, TAO relies heavily on ACE, which is also copyrighted by +Douglas C. Schmidt and his research group at Washington University +(see the ../COPYING file for more details). + +Since ACE and TAO are freely available, [6]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, such as copyrighting it yourself or +claiming authorship of the ACE and TAO code, that will prevent it 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 [7]Riverace and [8]OCI, +respectively. Washington University, its employees, and students shall have no liability with respect to the infringement of copyrights, trade -secrets or any patents by TAO or any part thereof. - -In no event will Washington University, its employees, or students be +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. - Douglas C. Schmidt - schmidt@cs.wustl.edu +The [1]ACE and [2]TAO web sites are maintained by the [9]Center for +Distributed Object Computing of Washington University for the +development of open source software as part of the [10]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 +[11]ACE and [12]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. + +If you have any questions, please let [13]me know. + +[14]Douglas C. Schmidt +_________________________________________________________________ + +Back to the [15]ACE home page. + +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.riverace.com/ + 8. file://localhost/project/adaptive/.www-docs/www.ociweb.com + 9. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html + 10. http://www.opensource.org/ + 11. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-obtain.html + 12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO-obtain.html + 13. mailto:schmidt@cs.wustl.edu + 14. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ + 15. file://localhost/project/adaptive/.www-docs/ACE.html |