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SMAIL GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
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(Clarified 11 Feb 1988) |
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Copyright (C) 1988 Landon Curt Noll & Ronald S. Karr |
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Copyright (C) 1992 Ronald S. Karr |
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Copyleft (GNU) 1988 Landon Curt Noll & Ronald S. Karr |
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
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of this license, but changing it is not allowed. You can also |
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use this wording to make the terms for other programs. |
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The license agreements of most software companies keep you at the |
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mercy of those companies. By contrast, our general public license is |
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intended to give everyone the right to share SMAIL. To make sure that |
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you get the rights we want you to have, we need to make restrictions |
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that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender |
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the rights. Hence this license agreement. |
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Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give |
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away copies of SMAIL, that you receive source code or else can get it |
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if you want it, that you can change SMAIL or use pieces of it in new |
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free programs, and that you know you can do these things. |
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To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you to |
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deprive anyone else of these rights. For example, if you distribute |
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copies of SMAIL, you must give the recipients all the rights that you |
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have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the |
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source code. And you must tell them their rights. |
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Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone |
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finds out that there is no warranty for SMAIL. If SMAIL is modified by |
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someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what |
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they have is not what we distributed, so that any problems introduced |
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by others will not reflect on our reputation. |
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Therefore we (Landon Curt Noll and Ronald S. Karr) make the following |
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terms which say what you must do to be allowed to distribute or change |
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SMAIL. |
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COPYING POLICIES |
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1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of SMAIL source code |
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as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and |
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appropriately publish on each copy a valid copyright notice "Copyright |
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(C) 1988 Landon Curt Noll & Ronald S. Karr" (or with whatever year is |
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appropriate); keep intact the notices on all files that refer to this |
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License Agreement and to the absence of any warranty; and give any |
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other recipients of the SMAIL program a copy of this License |
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Agreement along with the program. You may charge a distribution fee |
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for the physical act of transferring a copy. |
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2. You may modify your copy or copies of SMAIL or any portion of it, |
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and copy and distribute such modifications under the terms of |
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Paragraph 1 above, provided that you also do the following: |
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a) cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating |
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that you changed the files and the date of any change; and |
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b) cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish, |
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that in whole or in part contains or is a derivative of SMAIL or |
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any part thereof, to be licensed at no charge to all third |
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parties on terms identical to those contained in this License |
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Agreement (except that you may choose to grant more extensive |
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warranty protection to some or all third parties, at your option). |
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c) You may charge a distribution fee for the physical act of |
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transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty |
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protection in exchange for a fee. |
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Mere aggregation of another unrelated program with this program (or its |
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derivative) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring |
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the other program under the scope of these terms. |
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3. You may copy and distribute SMAIL (or a portion or derivative of it, |
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under Paragraph 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of |
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Paragraphs 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: |
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a) accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable |
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source code, which must be distributed under the terms of |
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Paragraphs 1 and 2 above; or, |
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b) accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three |
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years, to give any third party free (except for a nominal |
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shipping charge) a complete machine-readable copy of the |
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corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of |
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Paragraphs 1 and 2 above; or, |
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c) accompany it with the information you received as to where the |
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corresponding source code may be obtained. (This alternative is |
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allowed only for non-commercial distribution and only if you |
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received the program in object code or executable form alone.) |
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For an executable file, complete source code means all the source code for |
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all modules it contains; but, as a special exception, it need not include |
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source code for modules which are standard libraries that accompany the |
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operating system on which the executable file runs. |
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4. You may not copy, sublicense, distribute or transfer SMAIL |
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except as expressly provided under this License Agreement. Any attempt |
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otherwise to copy, sublicense, distribute or transfer SMAIL is void and |
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your rights to use the program under this License agreement shall be |
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automatically terminated. However, parties who have received computer |
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software programs from you with this License Agreement will not have |
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their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance. |
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5. If you wish to incorporate parts of SMAIL into other free |
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programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to Landon |
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Curt Noll & Ronald S. Karr via the Free Software Foundation at 59 |
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Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. We have not yet |
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worked out a simple rule that can be stated here, but we will often |
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permit this. We will be guided by the two goals of preserving the |
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free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting |
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the sharing and reuse of software. |
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Your comments and suggestions about our licensing policies and our |
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software are welcome! This contract was based on the contract made by |
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the Free Software Foundation. Please contact the Free Software |
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, |
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USA, or call (617) 542-5942 for details on copylefted material in |
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general. |
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NO WARRANTY |
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BECAUSE SMAIL IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, WE PROVIDE ABSOLUTELY NO |
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WARRANTY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN |
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OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING, LANDON CURT NOLL & RONALD S. KARR AND/OR |
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OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE SMAIL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, |
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EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED |
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
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THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF SMAIL IS WITH |
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YOU. SHOULD SMAIL PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL |
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NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. |
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IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW WILL LANDON CURT NOLL & |
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RONALD S. KARR AND/OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND REDISTRIBUTE |
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SMAIL AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY |
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LOST PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR |
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CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE |
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(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED |
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INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE |
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PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS) SMAIL, EVEN IF YOU HAVE |
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BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY |
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ANY OTHER PARTY. |