diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..af71a1f --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,197 @@ +Artistic License 2.0 + +Copyright (c) 2000-2006, The Perl Foundation. + +Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this +license document, but changing it is not allowed. + +Preamble +******** + +This license establishes the terms under which a given free software +Package may be copied, modified, distributed, and/or redistributed. The +intent is that the Copyright Holder maintains some artistic control over +the development of that Package while still keeping the Package +available as open source and free software. + +You are always permitted to make arrangements wholly outside of this +license directly with the Copyright Holder of a given Package. If the +terms of this license do not permit the full use that you propose to +make of the Package, you should contact the Copyright Holder and seek a +different licensing arrangement. + +Definitions +*********** + +"Copyright Holder" means the individual(s) or organization(s) named in +the copyright notice for the entire Package. + +"Contributor" means any party that has contributed code or other +material to the Package, in accordance with the Copyright Holder's +procedures. + +"You" and "your" means any person who would like to copy, distribute, or +modify the Package. + +"Package" means the collection of files distributed by the Copyright +Holder, and derivatives of that collection and/or of those files. A +given Package may consist of either the Standard Version, or a Modified +Version. + +"Distribute" means providing a copy of the Package or making it +accessible to anyone else, or in the case of a company or organization, +to others outside of your company or organization. + +"Distributor Fee" means any fee that you charge for Distributing this +Package or providing support for this Package to another party. It does +not mean licensing fees. + +"Standard Version" refers to the Package if it has not been modified, or +has been modified only in ways explicitly requested by the Copyright +Holder. + +"Modified Version" means the Package, if it has been changed, and such +changes were not explicitly requested by the Copyright Holder. + +"Original License" means this Artistic License as Distributed with the +Standard Version of the Package, in its current version or as it may be +modified by The Perl Foundation in the future. + +"Source" form means the source code, documentation source, and +configuration files for the Package. + +"Compiled" form means the compiled bytecode, object code, binary, or any +other form resulting from mechanical transformation or translation of +the Source form. + +Permission for Use and Modification Without Distribution +******************************************************** + +(1) You are permitted to use the Standard Version and create and use +Modified Versions for any purpose without restriction, provided that you +do not Distribute the Modified Version. + +Permissions for Redistribution of the Standard Version +****************************************************** + +(2) You may Distribute verbatim copies of the Source form of the +Standard Version of this Package in any medium without restriction, +either gratis or for a Distributor Fee, provided that you duplicate all +of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers. At your +discretion, such verbatim copies may or may not include a Compiled form +of the Package. + +(3) You may apply any bug fixes, portability changes, and other +modifications made available from the Copyright Holder. The resulting +Package will still be considered the Standard Version, and as such will +be subject to the Original License. + +Distribution of Modified Versions of the Package as Source +********************************************************** + +(4) You may Distribute your Modified Version as Source (either gratis or +for a Distributor Fee, and with or without a Compiled form of the +Modified Version) provided that you clearly document how it differs from +the Standard Version, including, but not limited to, documenting any +non-standard features, executables, or modules, and provided that you do +at least ONE of the following: + +(a) make the Modified Version available to the Copyright Holder of the +Standard Version, under the Original License, so that the Copyright +Holder may include your modifications in the Standard Version. + +(b) ensure that installation of your Modified Version does not prevent +the user installing or running the Standard Version. In addition, the +Modified Version must bear a name that is different from the name of the +Standard Version. + +(c) allow anyone who receives a copy of the Modified Version to make the +Source form of the Modified Version available to others under + +(i) the Original License or + +(ii) a license that permits the licensee to freely copy, modify and +redistribute the Modified Version using the same licensing terms that +apply to the copy that the licensee received, and requires that the +Source form of the Modified Version, and of any works derived from it, +be made freely available in that license fees are prohibited but +Distributor Fees are allowed. + +Distribution of Compiled Forms of the Standard Version or Modified +****************************************************************** +Versions without the Source +*************************** + +(5) You may Distribute Compiled forms of the Standard Version without +the Source, provided that you include complete instructions on how to +get the Source of the Standard Version. Such instructions must be valid +at the time of your distribution. If these instructions, at any time +while you are carrying out such distribution, become invalid, you must +provide new instructions on demand or cease further distribution. If +you provide valid instructions or cease distribution within thirty days +after you become aware that the instructions are invalid, then you do +not forfeit any of your rights under this license. + +(6) You may Distribute a Modified Version in Compiled form without the +Source, provided that you comply with Section 4 with respect to the +Source of the Modified Version. + +Aggregating or Linking the Package +********************************** + +(7) You may aggregate the Package (either the Standard Version or +Modified Version) with other packages and Distribute the resulting +aggregation provided that you do not charge a licensing fee for the +Package. Distributor Fees are permitted, and licensing fees for other +components in the aggregation are permitted. The terms of this license +apply to the use and Distribution of the Standard or Modified Versions +as included in the aggregation. + +(8) You are permitted to link Modified and Standard Versions with other +works, to embed the Package in a larger work of your own, or to build +stand-alone binary or bytecode versions of applications that include the +Package, and Distribute the result without restriction, provided the +result does not expose a direct interface to the Package. + +Items That are Not Considered Part of a Modified Version +******************************************************** + +(9) Works (including, but not limited to, modules and scripts) that +merely extend or make use of the Package, do not, by themselves, cause +the Package to be a Modified Version. In addition, such works are not +considered parts of the Package itself, and are not subject to the terms +of this license. + +General Provisions +****************** + +(10) Any use, modification, and distribution of the Standard or Modified +Versions is governed by this Artistic License. By using, modifying or +distributing the Package, you accept this license. Do not use, modify, +or distribute the Package, if you do not accept this license. + +(11) If your Modified Version has been derived from a Modified Version +made by someone other than you, you are nevertheless required to ensure +that your Modified Version complies with the requirements of this +license. + +(12) This license does not grant you the right to use any trademark, +service mark, tradename, or logo of the Copyright Holder. + +(13) This license includes the non-exclusive, worldwide, free-of-charge +patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import and +otherwise transfer the Package with respect to any patent claims +licensable by the Copyright Holder that are necessarily infringed by the +Package. If you institute patent litigation (including a cross-claim or +counterclaim) against any party alleging that the Package constitutes +direct or contributory patent infringement, then this Artistic License +to you shall terminate on the date that such litigation is filed. + +(14) Disclaimer of Warranty: THE PACKAGE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT +HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED +WARRANTIES. THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A +PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE EXTENT +PERMITTED BY YOUR LOCAL LAW. UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW, NO COPYRIGHT +HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTOR WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE +OF THE PACKAGE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.