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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-06-20 21:34:35 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-06-20 21:34:35 (GMT) |
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Separate the copyright statements and license text; include some new
comments regarding the history of Python licensing from Guido.
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diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/copyright.tex b/Doc/texinputs/copyright.tex index 7b45dce..f76045f 100644 --- a/Doc/texinputs/copyright.tex +++ b/Doc/texinputs/copyright.tex @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -\begin{small} Copyright \copyright{} 2001 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved. @@ -11,98 +10,5 @@ All rights reserved. Copyright \copyright{} 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum. All rights reserved. -%%begin{latexonly} -\vskip 4mm -%%end{latexonly} - -\centerline{\strong{BEOPEN.COM TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PYTHON 2.0}} - -\centerline{\strong{BEOPEN PYTHON OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT VERSION 1}} - -\begin{enumerate} - -\item -This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between BeOpen.com (``BeOpen''), having an -office at 160 Saratoga Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051, and the -Individual or Organization (``Licensee'') accessing and otherwise -using this software in source or binary form and its associated -documentation (``the Software''). - -\item -Subject to the terms and conditions of this BeOpen Python License -Agreement, BeOpen hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive, -royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform -and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and -otherwise use the Software alone or in any derivative version, -provided, however, that the BeOpen Python License is retained in the -Software, alone or in any derivative version prepared by Licensee. - -\item -BeOpen is making the Software available to Licensee on an ``AS IS'' -basis. BEOPEN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR -IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, BEOPEN MAKES NO AND -DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS -FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT -INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. - -\item -BEOPEN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER USERS OF THE -SOFTWARE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS -AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE, OR ANY -DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. - -\item -This License Agreement will automatically terminate upon a material -breach of its terms and conditions. - -\item -This License Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in all -respects by the law of the State of California, excluding conflict of -law provisions. Nothing in this License Agreement shall be deemed to -create any relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture -between BeOpen and Licensee. This License Agreement does not grant -permission to use BeOpen trademarks or trade names in a trademark -sense to endorse or promote products or services of Licensee, or any -third party. As an exception, the ``BeOpen Python'' logos available -at http://www.pythonlabs.com/logos.html may be used according to the -permissions granted on that web page. - -\item -By copying, installing or otherwise using the software, Licensee -agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License -Agreement. -\end{enumerate} - - -\centerline{\strong{CNRI OPEN SOURCE GPL-COMPATIBLE LICENSE AGREEMENT}} - -Python 1.6.1 is made available subject to the terms and conditions in -CNRI's License Agreement. This Agreement together with Python 1.6.1 may -be located on the Internet using the following unique, persistent -identifier (known as a handle): 1895.22/1013. This Agreement may also -be obtained from a proxy server on the Internet using the following -URL: \url{http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1013}. - - -\centerline{\strong{CWI PERMISSIONS STATEMENT AND DISCLAIMER}} - -Copyright \copyright{} 1991 - 1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum -Amsterdam, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. - -Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its -documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, -provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that -both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in -supporting documentation, and that the name of Stichting Mathematisch -Centrum or CWI not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to -distribution of the software without specific, written prior -permission. - -STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO -THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND -FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM BE LIABLE -FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES -WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN -ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT -OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. -\end{small} +See the end of this document for complete license and permissions +information. diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/license.tex b/Doc/texinputs/license.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e4c1a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/texinputs/license.tex @@ -0,0 +1,259 @@ +\section{History of the software} + +Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting +Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a +language called ABC. Guido is Python's principal author, although it +includes many contributions from others. The last version released +from CWI was Python 1.2. In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python +at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) in Reston, +Virginia where he released several versions of the software. Python +1.6 was the last of the versions released by CNRI. In 2000, Guido and +the Python core development team moved to BeOpen.com to form the +BeOpen PythonLabs team. Python 2.0 was the first and only release +from BeOpen.com. + +Following the release of Python 1.6, and after Guido van Rossum left +CNRI to work with commercial software developers, it became clear that +the ability to use Python with software available under the GNU Public +License (GPL) was very desirable. CNRI and the Free Software +Foundation (FSF) interacted to develop enabling wording changes to the +Python license. Python 1.6.1 is essentially the same as Python 1.6, +with a few minor bug fixes, and with a different license that enables +later versions to be GPL-compatible. Python 2.0.1 is a derivative work +of Python 1.6.1, as well as of Python 2.0. + +After Python 2.0 was released by BeOpen.com, Guido van Rossum and the +other PythonLabs developers joined Digital Creations. All +intellectual property added from this point on, including Python +2.0.1 and its alpha and beta releases, is owned by the Python Software +Foundation (PSF), a non-profit modeled after the Apache Software +Foundation. See \url{http://www.python.org/psf/} for more information +about the PSF. + +Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Guido's +direction to make these releases possible. + + +\section{Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python} + +\centerline{\strong{PSF LICENSE AGREEMENT}} + +\begin{enumerate} +\item +This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Python Software Foundation +(``PSF''), and the Individual or Organization (``Licensee'') accessing +and otherwise using Python \version{} software in source or binary +form and its associated documentation. + +\item +Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, PSF +hereby grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide +license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, +prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python +\version{} alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that +PSF's License Agreement and PSF's notice of copyright, i.e., +``Copyright \copyright{} 2001 Python Software Foundation; All Rights +Reserved'' are retained in Python \version{} alone or in any +derivative version prepared by Licensee. + +\item +In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on +or incorporates Python \version{} or any part thereof, and wants to +make the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then +Licensee hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of +the changes made to Python \version. + +\item +PSF is making Python \version{} available to Licensee on an ``AS IS'' +basis. PSF MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PSF MAKES NO AND +DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS +FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF PYTHON \version{} WILL +NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. + +\item +PSF SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER USERS OF PYTHON +\version{} FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR +LOSS AS A RESULT OF MODIFYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON +\version, OR ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +POSSIBILITY THEREOF. + +\item +This License Agreement will automatically terminate upon a material +breach of its terms and conditions. + +\item +Nothing in this License Agreement shall be deemed to create any +relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture between PSF and +Licensee. This License Agreement does not grant permission to use PSF +trademarks or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote +products or services of Licensee, or any third party. + +\item +By copying, installing or otherwise using Python \version, Licensee +agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License +Agreement. +\end{enumerate} + + +\centerline{\strong{BEOPEN.COM TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PYTHON 2.0}} + +\centerline{\strong{BEOPEN PYTHON OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT VERSION 1}} + +\begin{enumerate} +\item +This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between BeOpen.com (``BeOpen''), having an +office at 160 Saratoga Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051, and the +Individual or Organization (``Licensee'') accessing and otherwise +using this software in source or binary form and its associated +documentation (``the Software''). + +\item +Subject to the terms and conditions of this BeOpen Python License +Agreement, BeOpen hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive, +royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform +and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and +otherwise use the Software alone or in any derivative version, +provided, however, that the BeOpen Python License is retained in the +Software, alone or in any derivative version prepared by Licensee. + +\item +BeOpen is making the Software available to Licensee on an ``AS IS'' +basis. BEOPEN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, BEOPEN MAKES NO AND +DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS +FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT +INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. + +\item +BEOPEN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER USERS OF THE +SOFTWARE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS +AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE, OR ANY +DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. + +\item +This License Agreement will automatically terminate upon a material +breach of its terms and conditions. + +\item +This License Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in all +respects by the law of the State of California, excluding conflict of +law provisions. Nothing in this License Agreement shall be deemed to +create any relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture +between BeOpen and Licensee. This License Agreement does not grant +permission to use BeOpen trademarks or trade names in a trademark +sense to endorse or promote products or services of Licensee, or any +third party. As an exception, the ``BeOpen Python'' logos available +at http://www.pythonlabs.com/logos.html may be used according to the +permissions granted on that web page. + +\item +By copying, installing or otherwise using the software, Licensee +agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License +Agreement. +\end{enumerate} + + +\centerline{\strong{CNRI OPEN SOURCE GPL-COMPATIBLE LICENSE AGREEMENT}} + +\begin{enumerate} +\item +This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Corporation for National +Research Initiatives, having an office at 1895 Preston White Drive, +Reston, VA 20191 (``CNRI''), and the Individual or Organization +(``Licensee'') accessing and otherwise using Python 1.6.1 software in +source or binary form and its associated documentation. + +\item +Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, CNRI +hereby grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide +license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, +prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python 1.6.1 +alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that CNRI's +License Agreement and CNRI's notice of copyright, i.e., ``Copyright +\copyright{} 1995-2001 Corporation for National Research Initiatives; +All Rights Reserved'' are retained in Python 1.6.1 alone or in any +derivative version prepared by Licensee. Alternately, in lieu of +CNRI's License Agreement, Licensee may substitute the following text +(omitting the quotes): ``Python 1.6.1 is made available subject to the +terms and conditions in CNRI's License Agreement. This Agreement +together with Python 1.6.1 may be located on the Internet using the +following unique, persistent identifier (known as a handle): +1895.22/1013. This Agreement may also be obtained from a proxy server +on the Internet using the following URL: +\url{http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1013}.'' + +\item +In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on +or incorporates Python 1.6.1 or any part thereof, and wants to make +the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then +Licensee hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of +the changes made to Python 1.6.1. + +\item +CNRI is making Python 1.6.1 available to Licensee on an ``AS IS'' +basis. CNRI MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, CNRI MAKES NO AND +DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS +FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF PYTHON 1.6.1 WILL NOT +INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. + +\item +CNRI SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER USERS OF PYTHON +1.6.1 FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS +A RESULT OF MODIFYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 1.6.1, +OR ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. + +\item +This License Agreement will automatically terminate upon a material +breach of its terms and conditions. + +\item +This License Agreement shall be governed by the federal +intellectual property law of the United States, including without +limitation the federal copyright law, and, to the extent such +U.S. federal law does not apply, by the law of the Commonwealth of +Virginia, excluding Virginia's conflict of law provisions. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, with regard to derivative works based +on Python 1.6.1 that incorporate non-separable material that was +previously distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), the +law of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall govern this License +Agreement only as to issues arising under or with respect to +Paragraphs 4, 5, and 7 of this License Agreement. Nothing in this +License Agreement shall be deemed to create any relationship of +agency, partnership, or joint venture between CNRI and Licensee. This +License Agreement does not grant permission to use CNRI trademarks or +trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote products or +services of Licensee, or any third party. + +\item +By clicking on the ``ACCEPT'' button where indicated, or by copying, +installing or otherwise using Python 1.6.1, Licensee agrees to be +bound by the terms and conditions of this License Agreement. +\end{enumerate} + +\centerline{ACCEPT} + + + +\centerline{\strong{CWI PERMISSIONS STATEMENT AND DISCLAIMER}} + +Copyright \copyright{} 1991 - 1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum +Amsterdam, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. + +Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its +documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, +provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that +both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in +supporting documentation, and that the name of Stichting Mathematisch +Centrum or CWI not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to +distribution of the software without specific, written prior +permission. + +STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO +THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND +FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM BE LIABLE +FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT +OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. |