W3C Software Notice and Document License (2015-05-13)
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W3C Software Notice and Document License (2015-05-13)
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W3C-20150513
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This license takes effect 13 May, 2015.This version makes clear that the license is applicable to both software and text, by changing the name and substituting "work" for instances of "software and its documentation." It moves "notice of changes or modifications to the files" to the copyright notice, to make clear that the license is compatible with other liberal licenses.
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This work is being provided by the copyright holders under the
following license.
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By obtaining and/or copying this work, you (the licensee)
agree that you have read, understood, and will comply
with the following terms and conditions.
Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this work, with or
without modification, for any purpose and without fee or
royalty is hereby granted, provided that you include the
following on ALL copies of the work or portions thereof,
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The full text of this NOTICE in a location viewable to
users of the redistributed or derivative work.
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Any pre-existing intellectual property disclaimers,
notices, or terms and conditions. If none exist, the
W3C Software and Document Short Notice should be
included.
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Notice of any changes or modifications, through a
copyright statement on the new code or document such
as "This software or document includes material copied
from or derived from [title and URI of the W3C
document]. Copyright (c) [YEAR] W3C® (MIT, ERCIM,
Keio, Beihang)."
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THIS WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE
NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE
OR THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENT WILL NOT
INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS,
TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE
SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENT.
The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in
advertising or publicity pertaining to the work without
specific, written prior permission. Title to copyright in this
work will at all times remain with copyright holders.
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Copyright (c)
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Consortium, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research
Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University, Beihang).
All Rights Reserved. This work is distributed under the W3C® Software
License [1] in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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Disclaimers
THIS WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENT WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENT.
The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to the work without specific, written prior permission. Title to copyright in this work will at all times remain with copyright holders.
