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1 -=- MUMmer3.xx OPEN SOURCE LICENSE -=-
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2
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3 The Artistic License
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4
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5 Preamble
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6
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7 The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
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8 Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
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9 semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
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10 while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute
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11 the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to
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12 make reasonable modifications.
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13
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14 Definitions:
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15 * "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the
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16 Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files
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17 created through textual modification.
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18 * "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been
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19 modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of
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20 the Copyright Holder.
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21 * "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or
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22 copyrights for the package.
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23 * "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing
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24 this Package.
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25 * "Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the
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26 basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people
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27 involved, and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to
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28 the Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at
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29 large as a market that must bear the fee.)
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30 * "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item
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31 itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the
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32 item. It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute
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33 it under the same conditions they received it.
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34
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35 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of
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36 the Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided
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37 that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and
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38 associated disclaimers.
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39
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40 2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications
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41 derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A
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42 Package modified in such a way shall still be considered the
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43 Standard Version.
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44
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45 3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way,
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46 provided that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file
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47 stating how and when you changed that file, and provided that you
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48 do at least ONE of the following:
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49
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50 a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make
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51 them Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to
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52 Usenet or an equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a
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53 major archive site such as ftp.uu.net, or by allowing the
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54 Copyright Holder to include your modifications in the Standard
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55 Version of the Package.
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56
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57 b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or
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58 organization.
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59
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60 c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not
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61 conflict with standard executables, which must also be provided,
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62 and provide a separate manual page for each non-standard
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63 executable that clearly documents how it differs from the Standard
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64 Version.
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65
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66 d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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67
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68 4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or
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69 executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the
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70 following:
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71
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72 a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library
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73 files, together with instructions (in the manual page or
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74 equivalent) on where to get the Standard Version.
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75
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76 b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of
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77 the Package with your modifications.
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78
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79 c) accompany any non-standard executables with their corresponding
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80 Standard Version executables, giving the non-standard executables
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81 non-standard names, and clearly documenting the differences in
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82 manual pages (or equivalent), together with instructions on where
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83 to get the Standard Version.
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84
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85 d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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86
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87 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of
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88 this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
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89 Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
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90 you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
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91 commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial)
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92 software distribution provided that you do not advertise this
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93 Package as a product of your own.
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94
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95 6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as
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96 output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall
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97 under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever
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98 generated them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated
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99 with this Package.
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100
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101 7. C or perl subroutines supplied by you and linked into this Package
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102 shall not be considered part of this Package.
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103
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104 8. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or
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105 promote products derived from this software without specific prior
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106 written permission.
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107
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108 9. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
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109 WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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110 OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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111
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112 The End
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113 This license is approved by the Open Source Initiative
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114 (www.opensource.org) for certifying software as OSI Certified Open
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115 Source.
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