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diff --git a/license.rst b/license.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 17179a95c..000000000 --- a/license.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,245 +0,0 @@ -################################### -Open Software License ("OSL") v 3.0 -################################### - -This Open Software License (the "License") applies to any original work of -authorship (the "Original Work") whose owner (the "Licensor") has placed the -following licensing notice adjacent to the copyright notice for the Original -Work: - -*Licensed under the Open Software License version 3.0* - - -***************************** -1) Grant of Copyright License -***************************** - -Licensor grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable -license, for the duration of the copyright, to do the following: - - *a)* to reproduce the Original Work in copies, either alone or as part of - a collective work; - - *b)* to translate, adapt, alter, transform, modify, or arrange the - Original Work, thereby creating derivative works ("Derivative Works") - based upon the Original Work; - - *c)* to distribute or communicate copies of the Original Work and - Derivative Works to the public, *with the proviso that copies of Original - Work or Derivative Works that You distribute or communicate shall be - licensed under this Open Software License*; - - *d)* to perform the Original Work publicly; and - - *e)* to display the Original Work publicly. - - -************************** -2) Grant of Patent License -************************** - -Licensor grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable -license, under patent claims owned or controlled by the Licensor that are -embodied in the Original Work as furnished by the Licensor, for the duration -of the patents, to make, use, sell, offer for sale, have made, and import the -Original Work and Derivative Works. - - -******************************* -3) Grant of Source Code License -******************************* - -The term "Source Code" means the preferred form of the Original Work for -making modifications to it and all available documentation describing how to -modify the Original Work. Licensor 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. - - -******************************** -4) 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 permission of the Licensor. Except as expressly stated herein, nothing -in this License grants any license to Licensor's trademarks, copyrights, -patents, trade secrets or any other intellectual property. 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This section shall survive the -termination of this License. - - -******************* -12) Attorneys' Fees -******************* - -In any action to enforce the terms of this License or seeking damages relating -thereto, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and -expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs -incurred in connection with such action, including any appeal of such action. -This section shall survive the termination of this License. - - -***************** -13) Miscellaneous -***************** - -If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such provision -shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable. - - -*************************************** -14) Definition of "You" in This License -*************************************** - -"You" throughout this License, whether in upper or lower case, means an -individual or a legal entity exercising rights under, and complying with all -of the terms of, this License. For legal entities, "You" includes any entity -that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with you. For -purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the power, direct or -indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by -contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the -outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity. - - -**************** -15) Right to Use -**************** - -You may use the Original Work in all ways not otherwise restricted or -conditioned by this License or by law, and Licensor promises not to interfere -with or be responsible for such uses by You. - - -******************************** -16) Modification of This License -******************************** - -This License is Copyright © 2005 Lawrence Rosen. Permission is granted to -copy, distribute, or communicate this License without modification. Nothing in -this License permits You to modify this License as applied to the Original -Work or to Derivative Works. However, You may modify the text of this License -and copy, distribute or communicate your modified version (the "Modified -License") and apply it to other original works of authorship subject to the -following conditions: (i) You may not indicate in any way that your Modified -License is the "Open Software License" or "OSL" and you may not use those -names in the name of your Modified License; (ii) You must replace the notice -specified in the first paragraph above with the notice "Licensed under <insert -your license name here>" or with a notice of your own that is not confusingly -similar to the notice in this License; and (iii) You may not claim that your -original works are open source software unless your Modified License has been -approved by Open Source Initiative (OSI) and You comply with its license -review and certification process.
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