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Academic Free License 1.1



Academic Free License 2.1 has been discussed here before and is
IIRC non-free, how about version 1.1? License follows:

Academic Free License
Version 1.1

This Academic Free License applies to any original work of authorship (the
"Original Work") whose owner (the "Licensor") has placed the following notice
immediately following the copyright notice for the Original Work: "Licensed
under the Academic Free License version 1.1."

Grant of License. Licensor hereby grants to any person obtaining a copy of the
Original Work ("You") a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual,
non-sublicenseable license (1) to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, perform,
distribute and/or sell copies of the Original Work and derivative works
thereof, and (2) under patent claims owned or controlled by the Licensor that
are embodied in the Original Work as furnished by the Licensor, to make, use,
sell and offer for sale the Original Work and derivative works thereof, subject
to the following conditions.

Right of Attribution. Redistributions of the Original Work must reproduce all
copyright notices in the Original Work as furnished by the Licensor, both in
the Original Work itself and in any documentation and/or other materials
provided with the distribution of the Original Work in executable form.

Exclusions from License Grant. Neither the names of Licensor, nor the names of
any contributors to the Original Work, nor any of their trademarks or service
marks, may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Original
Work without express prior written permission of the Licensor.

WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMERS. LICENSOR WARRANTS THAT THE COPYRIGHT IN AND TO THE
ORIGINAL WORK IS OWNED BY THE LICENSOR OR THAT THE ORIGINAL WORK IS DISTRIBUTED
BY LICENSOR UNDER A VALID CURRENT LICENSE FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER. EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDING SENTENCE, THE ORIGINAL WORK IS
PROVIDED UNDER THIS LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTY OF
NON-INFRINGEMENT AND WARRANTIES THAT THE ORIGINAL WORK IS MERCHANTABLE OR FIT
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE ORIGINAL
WORK IS WITH YOU. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
THIS LICENSE. NO LICENSE TO ORIGINAL WORK IS GRANTED HEREUNDER EXCEPT UNDER
THIS DISCLAIMER.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY,
WHETHER TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE LICENSOR
BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER ARISING AS A RESULT OF THIS LICENSE OR
THE USE OF THE ORIGINAL WORK INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER
COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL NOT APPLY
TO LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY RESULTING FROM SUCH PARTY'S
NEGLIGENCE TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS SUCH LIMITATION. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS EXCLUSION AND LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

License to Source Code. The term "Source Code" means the preferred form of the
Original Work for making modifications to it and all available documentation
describing how to access and modify the Original Work. Licensor hereby agrees
to provide a machine-readable copy of the Source Code of the Original Work
along with each copy of the Original Work that Licensor distributes. Licensor
reserves the right to satisfy this obligation by placing a machine-readable
copy of the Source Code in an information repository reasonably calculated to
permit inexpensive and convenient access by You for as long as Licensor
continues to distribute the Original Work, and by publishing the address of
that information repository in a notice immediately following the copyright
notice that applies to the Original Work.

Mutual Termination for Patent Action. This License shall terminate
automatically and You may no longer exercise any of the rights granted to You
by this License if You file a lawsuit in any court alleging that any OSI
Certified open source software that is licensed under any license containing
this "Mutual Termination for Patent Action" clause infringes any patent claims
that are essential to use that software.

This license is Copyright (C) 2002 Lawrence E. Rosen. All rights reserved.
Permission is hereby granted to copy and distribute this license without
modification. This license may not be modified without the express written
permission of its copyright owner.

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see shy jo

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