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@@ -1,36 +1,37 @@ _________________________________________________________________ - Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), and - CoSMIC(TM) + Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), + DAnCE(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) 1993-2010, 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 any code built using DOC - software that you release. No copyright statement needs to be provided - if you just ship binary executables of your software products. + [1]ACE(TM), [2]TAO(TM), [3]CIAO(TM), DAnCE(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) 1993-2011, 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 any code + built using DOC software that you release. No copyright statement + needs to be provided if you just ship binary executables of your + software products. 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. + that is built using DOC software. Note, however, that you may not + misappropriate the DOC software code, such as copyrighting it yourself + or claiming authorship of the DOC software code, in a way 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 + The [12]ACE, [13]TAO, [14]CIAO, [15]DAnCE, 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 open-source software community. Submissions are provided by the submitter ``as is'' with no warranties @@ -54,11 +55,10 @@ 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 + modification, or enhancement. A [20]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 @@ -66,23 +66,23 @@ 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. This license grants no permission to - call products or services derived from this source ACE(TM), TAO(TM), - CIAO(TM), or CoSMIC(TM), nor does it grant permission for the name - Washington University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University to appear - in their names. + The names ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), DAnCE(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. This license grants no permission + to call products or services derived from this source ACE(TM), + TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), DAnCE(TM), or CoSMIC(TM), nor does it grant + permission for the name Washington University, UC Irvine, or + Vanderbilt University to appear in their names. If you have any suggestions, additions, comments, or questions, please - let [20]me know. + let [21]me know. - [21]Douglas C. Schmidt + [22]Douglas C. Schmidt _________________________________________________________________ - Back to the [22]ACE home page. + Back to the [23]ACE home page. References @@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ References 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/ACE.html + 15. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/DOC_ROOT/DAnCE/ + 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.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html + 21. mailto:d.schmidt@vanderbilt.edu + 22. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ + 23. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/ACE.html |