1                               The "Artistic License"
   2 
   3                                      Preamble
   4 
   5        The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
   6        Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
   7        semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
   8        while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute
   9        the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to
  10        make reasonable modifications.
  11 
  12        Definitions:
  13 
  14           * "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the
  15             Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files
  16             created through textual modification.
  17 
  18           * "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been
  19             modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of
  20             the Copyright Holder.
  21 
  22           * "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or
  23             copyrights for the package.
  24 
  25           * "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing
  26             this Package.
  27 
  28           * "Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the
  29             basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people
  30             involved, and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to
  31             the Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at
  32             large as a market that must bear the fee.)
  33 
  34           * "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item
  35             itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item.
  36             It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it
  37             under the same conditions they received it.
  38 
  39        1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of
  40        the Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided
  41        that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and
  42        associated disclaimers.
  43 
  44        2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications
  45        derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A
  46        Package modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard
  47        Version.
  48 
  49        3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way,
  50        provided that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file
  51        stating how and when you changed that file, and provided that you do
  52        at least ONE of the following:
  53 
  54             a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or
  55             otherwise make them Freely Available, such as by posting
  56             said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or
  57             placing the modifications on a major archive site such as
  58             ftp.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include
  59             your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package.
  60 
  61             b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or
  62             organization.
  63 
  64             c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not
  65             conflict with standard executables, which must also be
  66             provided, and provide a separate manual page for each
  67             non-standard executable that clearly documents how it
  68             differs from the Standard Version.
  69 
  70             d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright
  71             Holder.
  72 
  73        4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or
  74        executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
  75 
  76             a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and
  77             library files, together with instructions (in the manual
  78             page or equivalent) on where to get the Standard Version.
  79 
  80             b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable
  81             source of the Package with your modifications.
  82 
  83             c) accompany any non-standard executables with their
  84             corresponding Standard Version executables, giving the
  85             non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly
  86             documenting the differences in manual pages (or
  87             equivalent), together with instructions on where to get the
  88             Standard Version.
  89 
  90             d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright
  91             Holder.
  92 
  93        5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of
  94        this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
  95        Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
  96        you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
  97        commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial)
  98        software distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package
  99        as a product of your own.
 100 
 101        6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as
 102        output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall
 103        under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever generated
 104        them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this
 105        Package.
 106 
 107        7. C or perl subroutines supplied by you and linked into this Package
 108        shall not be considered part of this Package.
 109 
 110        8. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or
 111        promote products derived from this software without specific prior
 112        written permission.
 113 
 114        9. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 115        IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 116        WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 117 
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