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@@ -1,81 +1,85 @@ - _________________________________________________________________ + + _________________________________________________________________ - Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), and CIAO(TM) + Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), and + CoSMIC(TM) - [1]ACE(TM), [2]TAO(TM) and [3]CIAO(TM) are copyrighted by [4]Douglas - C. Schmidt and his [5]research group at [6]Washington University, - [7]University of California, Irvine, and [8]Vanderbilt University - Copyright (c) 1993-2003, all rights reserved. Since ACE+TAO+CIAO are - open-source, free software, you are free to use, modify, copy, and - distribute--perpetually and irrevocably--the ACE+TAO+CIAO source code + [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) 1993-2005, all rights reserved. Since DOC software is + [10]open-source, free 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 - ACE+TAO+CIAO. + include this copyright statement along with code built using DOC + software. - You can use ACE+TAO+CIAO in proprietary software and are under no + You can use DOC software in proprietary software and are under no obligation to redistribute any of your source code that is built using - ACE+TAO+CIAO. Note, however, that you may not do anything to the - ACE+TAO+CIAO code, such as copyrighting it yourself or claiming - authorship of the ACE+TAO+CIAO code, that will prevent ACE+TAO+CIAO - from being distributed freely using an open-source development model. - You needn't inform anyone that you're using ACE+TAO+CIAO in your - software, though we encourage you to let [9]us know so we can promote - your project in the [10]ACE+TAO+CIAO success stories.. + 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 [11]us know so we can promote your project in + the [12]DOC software success stories.. - ACE+TAO+CIAO are provided as is with no warranties of any kind, + 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. Moreover, ACE+TAO+CIAO are provided + dealing, usage or trade practice. Moreover, 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 [11]number of companies provide commercial support for - ACE and TAO, however. ACE, TAO and CIAO are Y2K-compliant, as long as - the underlying OS platform is Y2K-compliant. + enhancement. A [13]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. 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+CIAO 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. + 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. - The [12]ACE, [13]TAO and [14]CIAO 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, [18]TAO and - [19]CIAO 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+CIAO projects or their - designees. + The [14]ACE, [15]TAO, [16]CIAO, and [17]CoSMIC web sites are + maintained by the [18]DOC Group at the [19]Institute for Software + Integrated Systems (ISIS) and the [20]Center for Distributed Object + Computing of Washington University, St. Louis for the development of + open-source software as part of the [21]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 DOC 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 DOC software projects or their designees. - The names ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(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), or CIAO(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. + 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. + let [22]me know. - [21]Douglas C. Schmidt + [23]Douglas C. Schmidt _________________________________________________________________ - Back to the [22]ACE home page. + Back to the [24]ACE home page. Last modified 21:26:22 CST 03 November 2003 @@ -84,22 +88,24 @@ 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.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ - 5. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-members.html - 6. http://www.wustl.edu/ - 7. http://www.uci.edu/ - 8. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ - 9. mailto:doc_group@cs.wustl.edu - 10. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-users.html - 11. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.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.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. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/ - 20. mailto:schmidt@cs.wustl.edu - 21. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ - 22. file://localhost/project/adaptive/.www-docs/ACE.html + 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. http://www.the-it-resource.com/Open-Source/Licenses.html + 11. mailto:doc_group@cs.wustl.edu + 12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-users.html + 13. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html + 14. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html + 15. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html + 16. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/ + 17. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/ + 18. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/ + 19. http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/ + 20. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html + 21. http://www.opensource.org/ + 22. mailto:d.schmidt@vanderbilt.edu + 23. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ + 24. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/ACE.html |