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DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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Copyright © 1999-2001 Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org>
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Verbatim copying of this document is permitted, in any medium.
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0. PREAMBLE.
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Copyright law gives certain exclusive rights to the author of a work,
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including the rights to copy, modify and distribute the work (the
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"reproductive," "adaptative," and "distribution" rights).
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The idea of "copyleft" is to willfully revoke the exclusivity of those
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rights under certain terms and conditions, so that anyone can copy and
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distribute the work or properly attributed derivative works, while all
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copies remain under the same terms and conditions as the original.
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The intent of this license is to be a general "copyleft" that can be
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applied to any kind of work that has protection under copyright. This
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license states those certain conditions under which a work published
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under its terms may be copied, distributed, and modified.
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Whereas "design science" is a strategy for the development of artifacts
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as a way to reform the environment (not people) and subsequently improve
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the universal standard of living, this Design Science License was
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written and deployed as a strategy for promoting the progress of science
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and art through reform of the environment.
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1. DEFINITIONS.
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"License" shall mean this Design Science License. The License applies to
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any work which contains a notice placed by the work's copyright holder
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stating that it is published under the terms of this Design Science
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License.
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"Work" shall mean such an aforementioned work. The License also applies
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to the output of the Work, only if said output constitutes a "derivative
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work" of the licensed Work as defined by copyright law.
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"Object Form" shall mean an executable or performable form of the Work,
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being an embodiment of the Work in some tangible medium.
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"Source Data" shall mean the origin of the Object Form, being the
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entire, machine-readable, preferred form of the Work for copying and for
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human modification (usually the language, encoding or format in which
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composed or recorded by the Author); plus any accompanying files,
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scripts or other data necessary for installation, configuration or
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compilation of the Work.
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(Examples of "Source Data" include, but are not limited to, the
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following: if the Work is an image file composed and edited in PNG
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format, then the original PNG source file is the Source Data; if the
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Work is an MPEG 1.0 layer 3 digital audio recording made from a WAV
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format audio file recording of an analog source, then the original WAV
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file is the Source Data; if the Work was composed as an unformatted
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plaintext file, then that file is the Source Data; if the Work was
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composed in LaTeX, the LaTeX file(s) and any image files and/or custom
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macros necessary for compilation constitute the Source Data.)
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"Author" shall mean the copyright holder(s) of the Work. The individual
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licensees are referred to as "you."
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2. RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT.
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The Work is copyrighted by the Author. All rights to the Work are
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reserved by the Author, except as specifically described below. This
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License describes the terms and conditions under which the Author
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permits you to copy, distribute and modify copies of the Work.
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In addition, you may refer to the Work, talk about it, and (as dictated
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by "fair use") quote from it, just as you would any copyrighted material
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under copyright law.
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Your right to operate, perform, read or otherwise interpret and/or
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execute the Work is unrestricted; however, you do so at your own risk,
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because the Work comes WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY -- see Section 7 ("NO
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WARRANTY") below.
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3. COPYING AND DISTRIBUTION.
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Permission is granted to distribute, publish or otherwise present
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verbatim copies of the entire Source Data of the Work, in any medium,
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provided that full copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty, where
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applicable, is conspicuously published on all copies, and a copy of this
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License is distributed along with the Work.
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Permission is granted to distribute, publish or otherwise present copies
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of the Object Form of the Work, in any medium, under the terms for
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distribution of Source Data above and also provided that one of the
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following additional conditions are met:
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(a) The Source Data is included in the same distribution, distributed
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under the terms of this License; or
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(b) A written offer is included with the distribution, valid for at
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least three years or for as long as the distribution is in print
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(whichever is longer), with a publicly-accessible address (such as a URL
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on the Internet) where, for a charge not greater than transportation and
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media costs, anyone may receive a copy of the Source Data of the Work
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distributed according to the section above; or
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(c) A third party's written offer for obtaining the Source Data at no
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cost, as described in paragraph (b) above, is included with the
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distribution. This option is valid only if you are a non-commercial
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party, and only if you received the Object Form of the Work along with
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such an offer.
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You may copy and distribute the Work either gratis or for a fee, and if
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desired, you may offer warranty protection for the Work.
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The aggregation of the Work with other works that are not based on the
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Work -- such as but not limited to inclusion in a publication,
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broadcast, compilation, or other media -- does not bring the other works
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in the scope of the License; nor does such aggregation void the terms of
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the License for the Work.
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4. MODIFICATION.
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Permission is granted to modify or sample from a copy of the Work,
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producing a derivative work, and to distribute the derivative work under
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the terms described in the section for distribution above, provided that
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the following terms are met:
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(a) The new, derivative work is published under the terms of this
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License.
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(b) The derivative work is given a new name, so that its name or title
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cannot be confused with the Work, or with a version of the Work, in any
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way.
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(c) Appropriate authorship credit is given: for the differences between
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the Work and the new derivative work, authorship is attributed to you,
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while the material sampled or used from the Work remains attributed to
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the original Author; appropriate notice must be included with the new
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work indicating the nature and the dates of any modifications of the
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Work made by you.
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5. NO RESTRICTIONS.
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You may not impose any further restrictions on the Work or any of its
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derivative works beyond those restrictions described in this License.
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6. ACCEPTANCE.
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Copying, distributing or modifying the Work (including but not limited
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to sampling from the Work in a new work) indicates acceptance of these
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terms. If you do not follow the terms of this License, any rights
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granted to you by the License are null and void. The copying,
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distribution or modification of the Work outside of the terms described
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in this License is expressly prohibited by law.
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If for any reason, conditions are imposed on you that forbid you to
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fulfill the conditions of this License, you may not copy, distribute or
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modify the Work at all.
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If any part of this License is found to be in conflict with the law,
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that part shall be interpreted in its broadest meaning consistent with
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the law, and no other parts of the License shall be affected.
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7. NO WARRANTY.
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THE WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY,
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING
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BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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8. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY.
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
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INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
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(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
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SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
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STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
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ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WORK, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
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OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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