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diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING deleted file mode 100644 index ad261f68b8e..00000000000 --- a/COPYING +++ /dev/null @@ -1,96 +0,0 @@ -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, [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.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 |