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  1. Common Public License Version 1.0
  2. THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS COMMON PUBLIC
  3. LICENSE ("AGREEMENT"). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM
  4. CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
  5. 1. DEFINITIONS
  6. "Contribution" means:
  7. a) in the case of the initial Contributor, the initial code and documentation
  8. distributed under this Agreement, and
  9. b) in the case of each subsequent Contributor:
  10. i) changes to the Program, and
  11. ii) additions to the Program;
  12. where such changes and/or additions to the Program originate from and are
  13. distributed by that particular Contributor. A Contribution 'originates' from a
  14. Contributor if it was added to the Program by such Contributor itself or anyone
  15. acting on such Contributor's behalf. Contributions do not include additions to
  16. the Program which: (i) are separate modules of software distributed in
  17. conjunction with the Program under their own license agreement, and (ii) are
  18. not derivative works of the Program.
  19. "Contributor" means any person or entity that distributes the Program.
  20. "Licensed Patents " mean patent claims licensable by a Contributor which are
  21. necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution alone or when
  22. combined with the Program.
  23. "Program" means the Contributions distributed in accordance with this
  24. Agreement.
  25. "Recipient" means anyone who receives the Program under this Agreement,
  26. including all Contributors.
  27. 2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
  28. a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants
  29. Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to
  30. reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform,
  31. distribute and sublicense the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, and
  32. such derivative works, in source code and object code form.
  33. b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants
  34. Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under
  35. Licensed Patents to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import and otherwise
  36. transfer the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, in source code and
  37. object code form. This patent license shall apply to the combination of the
  38. Contribution and the Program if, at the time the Contribution is added by the
  39. Contributor, such addition of the Contribution causes such combination to be
  40. covered by the Licensed Patents. The patent license shall not apply to any
  41. other combinations which include the Contribution. No hardware per se is
  42. licensed hereunder.
  43. c) Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants the licenses
  44. to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are provided by any
  45. Contributor that the Program does not infringe the patent or other intellectual
  46. property rights of any other entity. Each Contributor disclaims any liability
  47. to Recipient for claims brought by any other entity based on infringement of
  48. intellectual property rights or otherwise. As a condition to exercising the
  49. rights and licenses granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby assumes sole
  50. responsibility to secure any other intellectual property rights needed, if any.
  51. For example, if a third party patent license is required to allow Recipient to
  52. distribute the Program, it is Recipient's responsibility to acquire that
  53. license before distributing the Program.
  54. d) Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it has sufficient
  55. copyright rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant the copyright license
  56. set forth in this Agreement.
  57. 3. REQUIREMENTS
  58. A Contributor may choose to distribute the Program in object code form under
  59. its own license agreement, provided that:
  60. a) it complies with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
  61. b) its license agreement:
  62. i) effectively disclaims on behalf of all Contributors all warranties and
  63. conditions, express and implied, including warranties or conditions of title
  64. and non-infringement, and implied warranties or conditions of merchantability
  65. and fitness for a particular purpose;
  66. ii) effectively excludes on behalf of all Contributors all liability for
  67. damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental and consequential
  68. damages, such as lost profits;
  69. iii) states that any provisions which differ from this Agreement are offered
  70. by that Contributor alone and not by any other party; and
  71. iv) states that source code for the Program is available from such
  72. Contributor, and informs licensees how to obtain it in a reasonable manner on
  73. or through a medium customarily used for software exchange.
  74. When the Program is made available in source code form:
  75. a) it must be made available under this Agreement; and
  76. b) a copy of this Agreement must be included with each copy of the Program.
  77. Contributors may not remove or alter any copyright notices contained within
  78. the Program.
  79. Each Contributor must identify itself as the originator of its Contribution,
  80. if any, in a manner that reasonably allows subsequent Recipients to identify
  81. the originator of the Contribution.
  82. 4. COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
  83. Commercial distributors of software may accept certain responsibilities with
  84. respect to end users, business partners and the like. While this license is
  85. intended to facilitate the commercial use of the Program, the Contributor who
  86. includes the Program in a commercial product offering should do so in a manner
  87. which does not create potential liability for other Contributors. Therefore, if
  88. a Contributor includes the Program in a commercial product offering, such
  89. Contributor ("Commercial Contributor") hereby agrees to defend and indemnify
  90. every other Contributor ("Indemnified Contributor") against any losses, damages
  91. and costs (collectively "Losses") arising from claims, lawsuits and other legal
  92. actions brought by a third party against the Indemnified Contributor to the
  93. extent caused by the acts or omissions of such Commercial Contributor in
  94. connection with its distribution of the Program in a commercial product
  95. offering. The obligations in this section do not apply to any claims or Losses
  96. relating to any actual or alleged intellectual property infringement. In order
  97. to qualify, an Indemnified Contributor must: a) promptly notify the Commercial
  98. Contributor in writing of such claim, and b) allow the Commercial Contributor
  99. to control, and cooperate with the Commercial Contributor in, the defense and
  100. any related settlement negotiations. The Indemnified Contributor may
  101. participate in any such claim at its own expense.
  102. For example, a Contributor might include the Program in a commercial product
  103. offering, Product X. That Contributor is then a Commercial Contributor. If that
  104. Commercial Contributor then makes performance claims, or offers warranties
  105. related to Product X, those performance claims and warranties are such
  106. Commercial Contributor's responsibility alone. Under this section, the
  107. Commercial Contributor would have to defend claims against the other
  108. Contributors related to those performance claims and warranties, and if a court
  109. requires any other Contributor to pay any damages as a result, the Commercial
  110. Contributor must pay those damages.
  111. 5. NO WARRANTY
  112. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN
  113. "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
  114. IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE,
  115. NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Each
  116. Recipient is solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using
  117. and distributing the Program and assumes all risks associated with its exercise
  118. of rights under this Agreement, including but not limited to the risks and
  119. costs of program errors, compliance with applicable laws, damage to or loss of
  120. data, programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption of operations.
  121. 6. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
  122. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER RECIPIENT NOR ANY
  123. CONTRIBUTORS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
  124. SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST
  125. PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
  126. STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY
  127. WAY OUT OF THE USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS
  128. GRANTED HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
  129. 7. GENERAL
  130. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under
  131. applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
  132. remainder of the terms of this Agreement, and without further action by the
  133. parties hereto, such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent
  134. necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.
  135. If Recipient institutes patent litigation against a Contributor with respect
  136. to a patent applicable to software (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in
  137. a lawsuit), then any patent licenses granted by that Contributor to such
  138. Recipient under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date such litigation
  139. is filed. In addition, if Recipient institutes patent litigation against any
  140. entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the
  141. Program itself (excluding combinations of the Program with other software or
  142. hardware) infringes such Recipient's patent(s), then such Recipient's rights
  143. granted under Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation is
  144. filed.
  145. All Recipient's rights under this Agreement shall terminate if it fails to
  146. comply with any of the material terms or conditions of this Agreement and does
  147. not cure such failure in a reasonable period of time after becoming aware of
  148. such noncompliance. If all Recipient's rights under this Agreement terminate,
  149. Recipient agrees to cease use and distribution of the Program as soon as
  150. reasonably practicable. However, Recipient's obligations under this Agreement
  151. and any licenses granted by Recipient relating to the Program shall continue
  152. and survive.
  153. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute copies of this Agreement, but in
  154. order to avoid inconsistency the Agreement is copyrighted and may only be
  155. modified in the following manner. The Agreement Steward reserves the right to
  156. publish new versions (including revisions) of this Agreement from time to time.
  157. No one other than the Agreement Steward has the right to modify this Agreement.
  158. IBM is the initial Agreement Steward. IBM may assign the responsibility to
  159. serve as the Agreement Steward to a suitable separate entity. Each new version
  160. of the Agreement will be given a distinguishing version number. The Program
  161. (including Contributions) may always be distributed subject to the version of
  162. the Agreement under which it was received. In addition, after a new version of
  163. the Agreement is published, Contributor may elect to distribute the Program
  164. (including its Contributions) under the new version. Except as expressly stated
  165. in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above, Recipient receives no rights or licenses to
  166. the intellectual property of any Contributor under this Agreement, whether
  167. expressly, by implication, estoppel or otherwise. All rights in the Program not
  168. expressly granted under this Agreement are reserved.
  169. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York and the
  170. intellectual property laws of the United States of America. No party to this
  171. Agreement will bring a legal action under this Agreement more than one year
  172. after the cause of action arose. Each party waives its rights to a jury trial
  173. in any resulting litigation.