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- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), and CIAO(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
- 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.
-
- You can use ACE+TAO+CIAO 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..
-
- ACE+TAO+CIAO 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+CIAO 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. 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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 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.
-
- 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.
-
- Last modified 21:26:22 CST 03 November 2003
-
-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