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diff --git a/CIAO/COPYING b/CIAO/COPYING deleted file mode 100644 index 1645f46c517..00000000000 --- a/CIAO/COPYING +++ /dev/null @@ -1,123 +0,0 @@ - - _________________________________________________________________ - - Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), and - CoSMIC(TM) - - [1]ACE(TM), [2]TAO(TM), [3]CIAO(TM), and [4]CoSMIC(TM) (henceforth - referred to as "DOC software") are copyrighted by [5]Douglas C. - Schmidt and his [6]research group at [7]Washington University, - [8]University of California, Irvine, and [9]Vanderbilt University, - Copyright (c) 1993-2006, all rights reserved. Since DOC software is - open-source, freely available software, you are free to use, modify, - copy, and distribute--perpetually and irrevocably--the DOC software - 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 DOC - software. - - You can use DOC software in commercial and/or binary software releases - and are under no obligation to redistribute any of your source code - that is built using DOC software. Note, however, that you may not do - anything to the DOC software code, such as copyrighting it yourself or - claiming authorship of the DOC software code, that will prevent DOC - software from being distributed freely using an open-source - development model. You needn't inform anyone that you're using DOC - software in your software, though we encourage you to let [10]us know - so we can promote your project in the [11]DOC software success - stories. - - The [12]ACE, [13]TAO, [14]CIAO, and [15]CoSMIC web sites are - maintained by the [16]DOC Group at the [17]Institute for Software - Integrated Systems (ISIS) and the [18]Center for Distributed Object - Computing of Washington University, St. Louis for the development of - open-source software as part of the 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. - - 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. - - 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 [19]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. Likewise, DOC software is compliant with the new US - daylight savings rule passed by Congress as "The Energy Policy Act of - 2005," which established new daylight savings times (DST) rules for - the United States that expand DST as of March 2007. Since DOC software - obtains time/date and calendaring information from operating systems - users will not be affected by the new DST rules as long as they - upgrade their operating systems accordingly. - - The names ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), CoSMIC(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), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), - or CoSMIC(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 [20]me know. - - [21]Douglas C. Schmidt - _________________________________________________________________ - - Back to the [22]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.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/ - 4. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/ - 5. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ - 6. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-members.html - 7. http://www.wustl.edu/ - 8. http://www.uci.edu/ - 9. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ - 10. mailto:doc_group@cs.wustl.edu - 11. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-users.html - 12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html - 13. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html - 14. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/ - 15. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/ - 16. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/ - 17. http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/ - 18. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html - 19. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html - 20. mailto:d.schmidt@vanderbilt.edu - 21. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ - 22. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html |