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diff --git a/licenses/ACE b/licenses/ACE deleted file mode 100644 index b558a46b9..000000000 --- a/licenses/ACE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -Copyright and Licensing Information for ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), -and CoSMIC(TM) - -ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), and CoSMIC(TM) (henceforth referred to as -"DOC software") are copyrighted by Douglas C. Schmidt and his research -group at Washington University, University of California, Irvine, and -Vanderbilt University, Copyright (c) 1993-2009, all rights reserved. -Since DOC software is open-source, freely available software, -you are free to use, modify, copy, and distribute--perpetually and -irrevocably--the DOC software source code and object code produced -from the source, as well as copy and distribute modified versions of -this software. You must, however, include this copyright statement -along with any code built using DOC software that you release. No -copyright statement needs to be provided if you just ship binary -executables of your software products. - -You can use DOC software in commercial and/or binary software releases -and are under no obligation to redistribute any of your source code -that is built using DOC software. Note, however, that you may not do -anything to the DOC software code, such as copyrighting it yourself -or claiming authorship of the DOC software code, that will prevent -DOC software from being distributed freely using an open-source -development model. You needn't inform anyone that you're using DOC -software in your software, though we encourage you to let us know so -we can promote your project in the DOC software success stories. - -The ACE, TAO, CIAO, and CoSMIC web sites are maintained by the -DOC Group at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) -and the Center for Distributed Object Computing of Washington -University, St. Louis for the development of open-source software -as part of the open-source software community. Submissions are -provided by the submitter ``as is'' with no warranties whatsoever, -including any warranty of merchantability, noninfringement of -third party intellectual property, or fitness for any particular -purpose. In no event shall the submitter be liable for any direct, -indirect, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages, -including without limitation, lost profits, even if advised of the -possibility of such damages. Likewise, DOC software is provided -as is with no warranties of any kind, including the warranties -of design, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose, -noninfringement, or arising from a course of dealing, usage or trade -practice. Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University, -their employees, and students shall have no liability with respect to -the infringement of copyrights, trade secrets or any patents by DOC -software or any part thereof. Moreover, in no event will Washington -University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University, their employees, or -students be liable for any lost revenue or profits or other special, -indirect and consequential damages. - -DOC software is provided with no support and without any obligation on -the part of Washington University, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt University, -their employees, or students to assist in its use, correction, -modification, or enhancement. A number of companies around the world -provide commercial support for DOC software, however. - -DOC software is Y2K-compliant, as long as the underlying OS platform -is Y2K-compliant. Likewise, DOC software is compliant with the new US -daylight savings rule passed by Congress as "The Energy Policy Act -of 2005," which established new daylight savings times (DST) rules -for the United States that expand DST as of March 2007. Since DOC -software obtains time/date and calendaring information from operating -systems users will not be affected by the new DST rules as long as -they upgrade their operating systems accordingly. - -The names ACE(TM), TAO(TM), CIAO(TM), CoSMIC(TM), Washington -University, UC Irvine, and Vanderbilt University, may not be used -to endorse or promote products or services derived from this source -without express written permission from Washington University, UC -Irvine, or Vanderbilt University. This license grants no permission to -call products or services derived from this source ACE(TM), TAO(TM), -CIAO(TM), or CoSMIC(TM), nor does it grant permission for the name -Washington University, UC Irvine, or Vanderbilt University to appear -in their names. - -If you have any suggestions, additions, comments, or questions, -please let me know. - -Douglas C. Schmidt |