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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/license_afl.rst b/user_guide_src/source/license_afl.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ca39be9b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/user_guide_src/source/license_afl.rst @@ -0,0 +1,245 @@ +################################### +Academic Free License ("AFL") v 3.0 +################################### + +This Academic Free 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 Academic Free 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, *under any license of your choice that + does not contradict the terms and conditions, including Licensor's + reserved rights and remedies, in this Academic Free 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. 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