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<TITLE>The "Artistic License"</TITLE>
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<H1>The "Artistic License"</H1>
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<H2>Preamble</H2>
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<P>The intent of this document is to state the conditions under
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which a Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder
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maintains some semblance of artistic control over the
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development of the package, while giving the users of the
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package the right to use and distribute the Package in a
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more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make
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reasonable modifications.</P>
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<H2>Definitions</H2>
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<P>"Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the
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Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files
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created through textual modification.</P>
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<P>"Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been
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modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of
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the Copyright Holder as specified below.</P>
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<P>"Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or
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copyrights for the package.</P>
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<P>"You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing
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this Package.</P>
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<P>"Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the
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basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people
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involved, and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to
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the Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at
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large as a market that must bear the fee.)</P>
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<P>"Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item
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itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the
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item. It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute
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it under the same conditions they received it.</P>
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<OL STYLE="list-style-type: decimal;">
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<LI><DIV CLASS="li">You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source
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form of the Standard Version of this Package without
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restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the original
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copyright notices and associated disclaimers.</DIV></LI>
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<LI>You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other
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modifications derived from the Public Domain or from the
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Copyright Holder. A Package modified in such a way shall still
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be considered the Standard Version.</LI>
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<LI>You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any
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way, provided that you insert a prominent notice in each
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changed file stating how and when you changed that file, and
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provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
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<OL STYLE="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<LI>place your modifications in the Public Domain or
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otherwise make them Freely Available, such as by posting
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said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or
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placing the modifications on a major archive site such as
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uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to
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include your modifications in the Standard Version of the
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Package.</LI>
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<LI>use the modified Package only within your corporation or
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organization.</LI>
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<LI>rename any non-standard executables so the names do not
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conflict with standard executables, which must also be
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provided, and provide a separate manual page for each
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non-standard executable that clearly documents how it
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differs from the Standard Version. d. make other
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distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.</LI>
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</OL>
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<P>You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code
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or executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the
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following:</P>
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<OL STYLE="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<LI>distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library
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files, together with instructions (in the manual page or
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equivalent) on where to get the Standard Version.</LI>
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<LI>accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source
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of the Package with your modifications.</LI>
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<LI>give non-standard executables non-standard names, and
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clearly document the differences in manual pages (or
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equivalent), together with instructions on where to get the
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Standard Version.</LI>
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<LI>make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright
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Holder.</LI>
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<P>You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of
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this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of
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this Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package
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itself. However, you may distribute this Package in aggregate
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with other (possibly commercial) programs as part of a larger
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(possibly commercial) software distribution provided that you do
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not advertise this Package as a product of your own. You may
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embed this Package's interpreter within an executable of yours
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(by linking); this shall be construed as a mere form of
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aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the
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interpreter is so embedded.</P>
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<P>The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced
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as output from the programs of this Package do not automatically
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fall under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever
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generated them, and may be sold commercially, and may be
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aggregated with this Package. If such scripts or library files
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are aggregated with this Package via the so-called "undump" or
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"unexec" methods of producing a binary executable image, then
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distribution of such an image shall neither be construed as a
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distribution of this Package nor shall it fall under the
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restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you do not
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represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this
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Package.</P>
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<P>C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other
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languages) supplied by you and linked into this Package in order
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to emulate subroutines and variables of the language defined by
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this Package shall not be considered part of this Package, but
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are the equivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided these
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subroutines do not change the language in any way that would
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cause it to fail the regression tests for the language.</P>
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<P>Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is
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always permitted provided that the use of this Package is
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embedded; that is, when no overt attempt is made to make this
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Package's interfaces visible to the end user of the commercial
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distribution. Such use shall not be construed as a distribution
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of this Package.</P>
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<P>The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or
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promote products derived from this software without specific
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prior written permission.</P>
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<P>THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE.</P>
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