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1 The JsonCpp library's source code, including accompanying documentation, |
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2 tests and demonstration applications, are licensed under the following |
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3 conditions... |
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5 The author (Baptiste Lepilleur) explicitly disclaims copyright in all |
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6 jurisdictions which recognize such a disclaimer. In such jurisdictions, |
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7 this software is released into the Public Domain. |
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9 In jurisdictions which do not recognize Public Domain property (e.g. Germany as of |
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10 2010), this software is Copyright (c) 2007-2010 by Baptiste Lepilleur, and is |
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11 released under the terms of the MIT License (see below). |
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13 In jurisdictions which recognize Public Domain property, the user of this |
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14 software may choose to accept it either as 1) Public Domain, 2) under the |
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15 conditions of the MIT License (see below), or 3) under the terms of dual |
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16 Public Domain/MIT License conditions described here, as they choose. |
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17 |
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18 The MIT License is about as close to Public Domain as a license can get, and is |
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19 described in clear, concise terms at: |
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21 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License |
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23 The full text of the MIT License follows: |
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25 ======================================================================== |
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26 Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Baptiste Lepilleur |
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27 |
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28 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person |
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29 obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation |
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30 files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without |
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31 restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, |
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32 modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies |
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33 of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is |
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34 furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: |
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36 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be |
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37 included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. |
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38 |
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39 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, |
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40 EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF |
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41 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND |
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42 NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS |
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43 BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN |
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44 ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN |
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45 CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE |
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46 SOFTWARE. |
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47 ======================================================================== |
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48 (END LICENSE TEXT) |
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50 The MIT license is compatible with both the GPL and commercial |
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51 software, affording one all of the rights of Public Domain with the |
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52 minor nuisance of being required to keep the above copyright notice |
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53 and license text in the source code. Note also that by accepting the |
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54 Public Domain "license" you can re-license your copy using whatever |
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55 license you like. |