APT License
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This license was prepared by Branden Robinson at my request, if you find
it acceptable I will make an announcement that this license retro-actively
applies to all current and previos versions.
Jason
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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:34:54 -0400
From: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>
To: jgg@ualberta.ca
Subject: new APT license [DRAFT]
Apt is copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 Jason Gunthorpe.
Unless otherwise noted, you may apply the terms of the GNU General Public
License (the GPL), version 2.0 or later, published by the Free Software
Foundation, to this program. See the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
or <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt> for the terms of the latest
version of the GNU General Public License.
In addition, apt may be distributed under terms identical to the above with
the following exception:
Works using apt may link against the GUI library "libqt", copyright by
Troll Tech AS, Norway, provided that:
1. The version of "libqt" is under the terms of the "Q Public License",
version 1.0, published by Troll Tech AS. See below or
<http://www.troll.no/qpl/> for the text of the QPL, version 1.0. In the
case of any variation in terms between the attached terms and the URL,
the license terms terms identified as the QPL below are the only ones
under which distribution of works derived from libapt-pkg.so are
permitted.
2. The source code of the version of "libqt" used is
a) Distributed with the binary version;
OR
b) Downloadable by anyone, without fee, using a publicly-announced
URL on the Internet, for a duration of at least three years
starting with distribution of the binary version.
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The following text, up to the text of the Q Public License, is
informational and not part of the license terms on apt.
Modifications to apt in either source or compiled form must be licensed
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.0, but need
not include the above exception for usage of the "libqt" library under the
QPL. Note that removal of this exception will result in software which is
not licensed for binary redistribution linked against software governed by
the Q Public License.
No part of apt is licensed under the QPL. The terms below are provided to
help identify the circumstances under which the "libqt" library may be used
with apt.
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THE Q PUBLIC LICENSE version 1.0
Copyright (C) 1999 Troll Tech AS, Norway.
Everyone is permitted to copy and
distribute this license document.
The intent of this license is to establish freedom to share and change
the software regulated by this license under the open source model.
This license applies to any software containing a notice placed by the
copyright holder saying that it may be distributed under the terms of
the Q Public License version 1.0. Such software is herein referred to
as the Software. This license covers modification and distribution of
the Software, use of third-party application programs based on the
Software, and development of free software which uses the Software.
Granted Rights
1. You are granted the non-exclusive rights set forth in this license
provided you agree to and comply with any and all conditions in this
license. Whole or partial distribution of the Software, or software
items that link with the Software, in any form signifies acceptance of
this license.
2. You may copy and distribute the Software in unmodified form
provided that the entire package, including - but not restricted to -
copyright, trademark notices and disclaimers, as released by the
initial developer of the Software, is distributed.
3. You may make modifications to the Software and distribute your
modifications, in a form that is separate from the Software, such as
patches. The following restrictions apply to modifications:
a. Modifications must not alter or remove any copyright notices in
the Software.
b. When modifications to the Software are released under this
license, a non-exclusive royalty-free right is granted to the
initial developer of the Software to distribute your modification
in future versions of the Software provided such versions remain
available under these terms in addition to any other license(s) of
the initial developer.
4. You may distribute machine-executable forms of the Software or
machine-executable forms of modified versions of the Software,
provided that you meet these restrictions:
a. You must include this license document in the distribution.
b. You must ensure that all recipients of the machine-executable
forms are also able to receive the complete machine-readable source
code to the distributed Software, including all modifications,
without any charge beyond the costs of data transfer, and place
prominent notices in the distribution explaining this.
c. You must ensure that all modifications included in the
machine-executable forms are available under the terms of this
license.
5. You may use the original or modified versions of the Software to
compile, link and run application programs legally developed by you or
by others.
6. You may develop application programs, reusable components and other
software items that link with the original or modified versions of the
Software. These items, when distributed, are subject to the following
requirements:
a. You must ensure that all recipients of machine-executable forms
of these items are also able to receive and use the complete
machine-readable source code to the items without any charge beyond
the costs of data transfer.
b. You must explicitly license all recipients of your items to use
and re-distribute original and modified versions of the items in
both machine-executable and source code forms. The recipients must
be able to do so without any charges whatsoever, and they must be
able to re-distribute to anyone they choose.
c. If the items are not available to the general public, and the
initial developer of the Software requests a copy of the items,
then you must supply one.
Limitations of Liability
In no event shall the initial developers or copyright holders be
liable for any damages whatsoever, including - but not restricted to -
lost revenue or profits or other direct, indirect, special, incidental
or consequential damages, even if they have been advised of the
possibility of such damages, except to the extent invariable law, if
any, provides otherwise.
No Warranty
The Software and this license document are provided AS IS with NO
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF DESIGN,
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Choice of Law
This license is governed by the Laws of Norway. Disputes shall be
settled by Oslo City Court.
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G. Branden Robinson | The only way to get rid of a temptation
Debian GNU/Linux | is to yield to it.
branden@ecn.purdue.edu | -- Oscar Wilde
cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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