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diff --git a/TAO/COPYING b/TAO/COPYING index e606f0fb107..ad261f68b8e 100644 --- a/TAO/COPYING +++ b/TAO/COPYING @@ -1,90 +1,96 @@ +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) - 1993-2003, 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, [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.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 +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 |