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diff --git a/licenses/ACE b/licenses/ACE new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b558a46b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/licenses/ACE @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +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 |