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1 | Plain English Copyright Notice | ||
2 | |||
3 | This file is not intended to be the actual License. The reason this | ||
4 | file exists is that we here are programmers and engineers. We aren't | ||
5 | lawyers. We provide licenses that we THINK say the right things, but we | ||
6 | have our own intentions at heart. This is a plain-english explanation | ||
7 | of what those intentions are, and if you follow them you will be within | ||
8 | the "spirit" of the license. | ||
9 | |||
10 | The intent is for us to enjoy writing software that is useful to us (the | ||
11 | AUTHORS) and allow others to use it freely and also benefit from the | ||
12 | work we put into making it. We don't want to restrict others using it. | ||
13 | They should not *HAVE* to make the source code of the applications they | ||
14 | write that simply link to these libraries (be that statically or | ||
15 | dynamically), or for them to be limited as to what license they choose | ||
16 | to use (be it open, closed or anything else). But we would like to know | ||
17 | you are using these libraries. We simply would like to know that it has | ||
18 | been useful to someone. This is why we ask for acknowledgement of some | ||
19 | sort. | ||
20 | |||
21 | You can do what you want with the source of this software - it doesn't | ||
22 | matter. We still have it here for ourselves and it is open and free to | ||
23 | use and download and play with. It can't be taken away. We don't | ||
24 | really mind what you do with the source to your software. We would | ||
25 | simply like to know that you are using it - especially if it makes it to | ||
26 | a commerical product. If you simply contact all the AUTHORS (see below) | ||
27 | telling us, and then make sure you include a paragraph or page in the | ||
28 | manual for the product with the copyright notice and state that you used | ||
29 | this software, we will be very happy. If you want to contribute back | ||
30 | modifications and fixes you may have made we will welcome those too with | ||
31 | open arms (generally). If you want help with changes needed, ports | ||
32 | needed or features to be added, arrangements can be easily made with | ||
33 | some dialogue. | ||
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35 | This is a Second Life script, "simply link to these libraries" means | ||
36 | including the script in an object and making the script no-modify, or | ||
37 | otherwise rendering the source code unreadable. Any use of this script | ||
38 | that makes the source code readable must include the License unmodified | ||
39 | at the top of the source code. | ||
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41 | David Seikel (Second Life user onefang Rejected). | ||
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