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1 The Artistic License
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2
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3 Preamble
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4
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5 The intent of this document is to state the conditions under
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6 which a Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder
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7 maintains some semblance of artistic control over the
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8 development of the package, while giving the users of the
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9 package the right to use and distribute the Package in a
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10 more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make
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11 reasonable modifications.
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12
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13 Definitions:
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14
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15 "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by
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16 the Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of
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17 files created through textual modification.
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18
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19 "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not
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20 been modified, or has been modified in accordance with the
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21 wishes of the Copyright Holder.
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22
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23 "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or
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24 copyrights for the package.
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25
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26 "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or
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27 distributing this Package.
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28
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29 "Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the
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30 basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people
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31 involved, and so on. (You will not be required to justify it
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32 to the Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community
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33 at large as a market that must bear the fee.)
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34
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35 "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item
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36 itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the
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37 item. It also means that recipients of the item may
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38 redistribute it under the same conditions they received it.
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39
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40 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form
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41 of the Standard Version of this Package without restriction,
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42 provided that you duplicate all of the original copyright
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43 notices and associated disclaimers.
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44
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45 2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other
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46 modifications derived from the Public Domain or from the
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47 Copyright Holder. A Package modified in such a way shall still
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48 be considered the Standard Version.
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49
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50 3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any
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51 way, provided that you insert a prominent notice in each changed
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52 file stating how and when you changed that file, and provided
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53 that you do at least ONE of the following:
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54
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55 a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or
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56 otherwise make them Freely Available, such as by posting
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57 said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or
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58 placing the modifications on a major archive site such
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59 as ftp.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to
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60 include your modifications in the Standard Version of
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61 the Package.
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62
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63 b) use the modified Package only within your corporation
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64 or organization.
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65
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66 c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do
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67 not conflict with standard executables, which must also
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68 be provided, and provide a separate manual page for each
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69 non-standard executable that clearly documents how it
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70 differs from the Standard Version.
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71
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72 d) make other distribution arrangements with the
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73 Copyright Holder.
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74
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75 4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object
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76 code or executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of
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77 the following:
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78
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79 a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and
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80 library files, together with instructions (in the manual
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81 page or equivalent) on where to get the Standard
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82 Version.
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83
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84 b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable
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85 source of the Package with your modifications.
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86
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87 c) accompany any non-standard executables with their
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88 corresponding Standard Version executables, giving the
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89 non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly
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90 documenting the differences in manual pages (or
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91 equivalent), together with instructions on where to get
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92 the Standard Version.
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93
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94 d) make other distribution arrangements with the
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95 Copyright Holder.
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96
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97 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution
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98 of this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support
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99 of this Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package
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100 itself. However, you may distribute this Package in aggregate
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101 with other (possibly commercial) programs as part of a larger
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102 (possibly commercial) software distribution provided that you do
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103 not advertise this Package as a product of your own.
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104
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105 6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or
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106 produced as output from the programs of this Package do not
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107 automatically fall under the copyright of this Package, but
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108 belong to whomever generated them, and may be sold commercially,
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109 and may be aggregated with this Package.
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110
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111 7. C or perl subroutines supplied by you and linked into this
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112 Package shall not be considered part of this Package.
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113
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114 8. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse
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115 or promote products derived from this software without specific
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116 prior written permission.
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117
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118 9. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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119 IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
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120 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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121 PURPOSE.
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122
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123 The End
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