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  1. W3C® SOFTWARE NOTICE AND LICENSE
  2. Copyright © 1994-2002 World Wide Web Consortium, (Massachusetts Institute of
  3. Technology, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique,
  4. Keio University). All Rights Reserved. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/
  5. This W3C work (including software, documents, or other related items) is being
  6. provided by the copyright holders under the following license. By obtaining,
  7. using and/or copying this work, you (the licensee) agree that you have read,
  8. understood, and will comply with the following terms and conditions:
  9. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
  10. documentation, with or without modification, for any purpose and without fee or
  11. royalty is hereby granted, provided that you include the following on ALL copies
  12. of the software and documentation or portions thereof, including modifications,
  13. that you make:
  14. The full text of this NOTICE in a location viewable to users of the
  15. redistributed or derivative work.
  16. Any pre-existing intellectual property disclaimers, notices, or terms and
  17. conditions. If none exist, a short notice of the following form (hypertext is
  18. preferred, text is permitted) should be used within the body of any
  19. redistributed or derivative code: "Copyright © [$date-of-software] World Wide
  20. Web Consortium, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
  21. Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All Rights
  22. Reserved. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/"
  23. Notice of any changes or modifications to the W3C files, including the date
  24. changes were made. (We recommend you provide URIs to the location from which the
  25. code is derived.)
  26. THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE
  27. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
  28. TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT
  29. THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY
  30. PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.
  31. COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR
  32. CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION.
  33. The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in advertising or
  34. publicity pertaining to the software without specific, written prior permission.
  35. Title to copyright in this software and any associated documentation will at all
  36. times remain with copyright holders.
  37. ____________________________________
  38. This formulation of W3C's notice and license became active on August 14 1998 so
  39. as to improve compatibility with GPL. This version ensures that W3C software
  40. licensing terms are no more restrictive than GPL and consequently W3C software
  41. may be distributed in GPL packages. See the older formulation for the policy
  42. prior to this date. Please see our Copyright FAQ for common questions about
  43. using materials from our site, including specific terms and conditions for
  44. packages like libwww, Amaya, and Jigsaw. Other questions about this notice can
  45. be directed to site-policy@w3.org.