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(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
The Clarified Artistic License
Preamble
The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a Package may be copied, such that
the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute the Package in a more-or-less
customary fashion, plus the right to make reasonable modifications.
Definitions:
"Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that
collection of files created through textual modification.
"Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been modified, or has been modified in
accordance with the wishes of the Copyright Holder as specified below.
"Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or copyrights for the package.
"You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this Package.
"Distribution fee" is a fee you charge for providing a copy of this Package to another party.
"Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the right to use the item, though there may be fees
involved in handling the item. It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it under the same
conditions they received it.
1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the Standard Version of this
Package without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and
associated disclaimers.
2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications derived from the Public Domain, or
those made Freely Available, or from the Copyright Holder. A Package modified in such a way shall still
be considered the Standard Version.
3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided that you insert a prominent
notice in each changed file stating how and when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least
ONE of the following:
a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them Freely Available, such as by
posting said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major
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