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4 Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), and
5 CoSMIC(TM)
7 [1]ACE(TM), [2]TAO(TM), [3]CIAO(TM), and [4]CoSMIC(TM) (henceforth
8 referred to as "DOC software") are copyrighted by [5]Douglas C.
9 Schmidt and his [6]research group at [7]Washington University,
10 [8]University of California, Irvine, and [9]Vanderbilt University,
11 Copyright (c) 1993-2008, all rights reserved. Since DOC software is
12 open-source, freely available software, you are free to use, modify,
13 copy, and distribute--perpetually and irrevocably--the DOC software
14 source code and object code produced from the source, as well as copy
15 and distribute modified versions of this software. You must, however,
16 include this copyright statement along with any code built using DOC
17 software that you release. No copyright statement needs to be provided
18 if you just ship binary executables of your software products.
20 You can use DOC software in commercial and/or binary software releases
21 and are under no obligation to redistribute any of your source code
22 that is built using DOC software. Note, however, that you may not do
23 anything to the DOC software code, such as copyrighting it yourself or
24 claiming authorship of the DOC software code, that will prevent DOC
25 software from being distributed freely using an open-source
26 development model. You needn't inform anyone that you're using DOC
27 software in your software, though we encourage you to let [10]us know
28 so we can promote your project in the [11]DOC software success
29 stories.
31 The [12]ACE, [13]TAO, [14]CIAO, and [15]CoSMIC web sites are
32 maintained by the [16]DOC Group at the [17]Institute for Software
33 Integrated Systems (ISIS) and the [18]Center for Distributed Object
34 Computing of Washington University, St. Louis for the development of
35 open-source software as part of the open-source software community.
36 Submissions are provided by the submitter ``as is'' with no warranties
37 whatsoever, including any warranty of merchantability, noninfringement
38 of third party intellectual property, or fitness for any particular
39 purpose. In no event shall the submitter be liable for any direct,
40 indirect, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages,
41 including without limitation, lost profits, even if advised of the
42 possibility of such damages. Likewise, DOC software is provided as is
43 with no warranties of any kind, including the warranties of design,
44 merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose,
45 noninfringement, or arising from a course of dealing, usage or trade
46 practice. Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University,
47 their employees, and students shall have no liability with respect to
48 the infringement of copyrights, trade secrets or any patents by DOC
49 software or any part thereof. Moreover, in no event will Washington
50 University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University, their employees, or
51 students be liable for any lost revenue or profits or other special,
52 indirect and consequential damages.
54 DOC software is provided with no support and without any obligation on
55 the part of Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University,
56 their employees, or students to assist in its use, correction,
57 modification, or enhancement. A [19]number of companies around the
58 world provide commercial support for DOC software, however.
60 DOC software is Y2K-compliant, as long as the underlying OS platform
61 is Y2K-compliant. Likewise, DOC software is compliant with the new US
62 daylight savings rule passed by Congress as "The Energy Policy Act of
63 2005," which established new daylight savings times (DST) rules for
64 the United States that expand DST as of March 2007. Since DOC software
65 obtains time/date and calendaring information from operating systems
66 users will not be affected by the new DST rules as long as they
67 upgrade their operating systems accordingly.
69 The names ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), CoSMIC(TM), Washington
70 University, UC Irvine, and Vanderbilt University, may not be used to
71 endorse or promote products or services derived from this source
72 without express written permission from Washington University, UC
73 Irvine, or Vanderbilt University. This license grants no permission to
74 call products or services derived from this source ACE(TM), TAO(TM),
75 CIAO(TM), or CoSMIC(TM), nor does it grant permission for the name
76 Washington University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University to appear
77 in their names.
79 If you have any suggestions, additions, comments, or questions, please
80 let [20]me know.
82 [21]Douglas C. Schmidt
83 _________________________________________________________________
85 Back to the [22]ACE home page.
87 References
89 1. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
90 2. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
91 3. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/
92 4. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/
93 5. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/
94 6. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-members.html
95 7. http://www.wustl.edu/
96 8. http://www.uci.edu/
97 9. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/
98 10. mailto:doc_group@cs.wustl.edu
99 11. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-users.html
100 12. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
101 13. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
102 14. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/CIAO/
103 15. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/
104 16. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/
105 17. http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/
106 18. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/doc-center.html
107 19. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html
108 20. mailto:d.schmidt@vanderbilt.edu
109 21. http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/
110 22. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/ACE.html