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- Public Line Printer (PLP) Software License Agreement
-
- Copyright 1988 (C) Patrick Powell
-
- Patrick Powell,
- Dept. of Computer Science,
- University of Minnesota,
- Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Wed Apr 13 14:53:36 CDT 1988
-
- The PLP software is available for use, and may be copied and distributed.
- Sale of the software without the explicit permission of the author
- is forbidden.
-
- COPYING POLICIES
-
- 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of PLP Software source
- code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously
- and appropriately publish on each file a valid copyright notice such
- as "Copyright (C) 1988 Patrick Powell", containing the year of
- last change and name of copyright holder for the file in question;
- keep intact the notices on all files that refer to this License
- Agreement and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other
- recipients of the PLP Software program a copy of this License Agreement
- along with the program. You may charge a distribution fee for the
- physical act of transferring a copy.
-
- 2. You may modify your copy or copies of PLP Software source code or
- any portion of it, and copy and distribute such modifications under
- the terms of Paragraph 1 above, provided that you also do the following:
-
- a) cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating
- who last changed such files and the date of any change; and
-
- b) cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish,
- that in whole or in part contains or is a derivative of PLP Software
- or any part thereof, to be licensed at no charge to all third
- parties on terms identical to those contained in this License
- Agreement (except that you may choose to grant more extensive
- warranty protection to third parties, at your option).
-
- 3. You may not copy, sublicense, distribute or transfer PLP Software
- except as expressly provided under this License Agreement. Any attempt
- otherwise to copy, sublicense, distribute or transfer PLP Software is void and
- your rights to use PLP Software under this License agreement shall be
- automatically terminated. However, parties who have received computer
- software programs from you with this License Agreement will not have
- their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
-
- 4. If you wish to incorporate parts of PLP Software into other programs
- whose distribution conditions are different, write to the University of
- Minnesota. Donations are gratefully received.
-
- NO WARRANTY
-
- BECAUSE PLP SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, WE PROVIDE ABSOLUTELY
- NO WARRANTY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW. EXCEPT
- WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING, FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC,
- PATRICK POWELL AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE PLP SOFTWARE "AS IS"
- WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
- BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
- FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY
- AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PLP SOFTWARE
- PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
- SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
-
- IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW WILL THE UNIVERSITY OF
- MINNESOTA, PATRICK POWELL, AND/OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY
- MODIFY AND REDISTRIBUTE PLP SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU
- FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR OTHER
- SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR
- INABILITY TO USE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA
- BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES OR A
- FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH PROGRAMS NOT DISTRIBUTED BY
- FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC.) THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN
- ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY
- OTHER PARTY.
-
-
- Basically:
- 1. It's Free.
- 2. You can give it away.
- 3. If it bites you, don't blame us!
-
- Patrick Powell
-