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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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