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@@ -1,72 +1,68 @@ +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) - 1993-1999, 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, Copyright (c) +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, 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 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 [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. + +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 [13]me know. + +[14]Douglas C. Schmidt +_________________________________________________________________ + +Back to the [15]ACE home page. References @@ -76,15 +72,12 @@ References 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 + 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 |