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The Artistic License
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Preamble
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The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a Package
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may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of
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artistic control over the development of the package, while giving the users of
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the package the right to use and distribute the Package in a more-or-less
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customary fashion, plus the right to make reasonable modifications.
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Definitions:
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"Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the
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Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files created through
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textual modification.
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"Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been
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modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of the Copyright
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Holder.
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"Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or copyrights
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for the package.
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"You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this
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Package.
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"Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the basis of
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media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, and so on. (You will
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not be required to justify it to the Copyright Holder, but only to the
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computing community at large as a market that must bear the fee.)
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"Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item itself,
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though there may be fees involved in handling the item. It also means that
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recipients of the item may redistribute it under the same conditions they
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received it.
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1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the
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Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you
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duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.
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2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications derived
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from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package modified in such
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a way shall still be considered the Standard Version.
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3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided that
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you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and when you
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changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
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a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them Freely
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Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent
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medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive site such as
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ftp.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include your modifications
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in the Standard Version of the Package.
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b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization.
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c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict with
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standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide a separate
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manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly documents how it
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differs from the Standard Version.
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d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or executable
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form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
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a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files, together
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with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where to get the
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Standard Version.
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b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of the Package
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with your modifications.
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c) accompany any non-standard executables with their corresponding Standard
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Version executables, giving the non-standard executables non-standard names,
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and clearly documenting the differences in manual pages (or equivalent),
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together with instructions on where to get the Standard Version.
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d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
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Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this Package. You may
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not charge a fee for this Package itself. However, you may distribute this
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Package in aggregate with other (possibly commercial) programs as part of a
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larger (possibly commercial) software distribution provided that you do not
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advertise this Package as a product of your own.
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6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as output
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from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall under the copyright
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of this Package, but belong to whomever generated them, and may be sold
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commercially, and may be aggregated with this Package.
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7. C or perl subroutines supplied by you and linked into this Package shall not
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be considered part of this Package.
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8. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote
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products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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9. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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The End
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