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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. A [10]number of companies provide commercial support for
ACE and TAO, however. 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 [11]ACE and [12]TAO web sites are maintained by the [13]Center for
Distributed Object Computing of Washington University for the
development of open-source software as part of the [14]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
[15]ACE and [16]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 [17]me know.
[18]Douglas C. Schmidt
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Back to the [19]ACE home page.
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.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html
11. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
13. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html
14. http://www.opensource.org/
15. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-obtain.html
16. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO-obtain.html
17. mailto:schmidt@cs.wustl.edu
18. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/
19. file://localhost/project/adaptive/.www-docs/ACE.html
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