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NetLogo 2.1.0 User Manual   

Copyright 1999 by Uri Wilensky. All rights reserved.

The NetLogo software, models and documentation are distributed free of
charge for use by the public to explore and construct models. Permission
to copy or modify the NetLogo software, models and documentation for
educational and research purposes only and without fee is hereby
granted, provided that this copyright notice and the original author's
name appears on all copies and supporting documentation. For any other
uses of this software, in original or modified form, including but not
limited to distribution in whole or in part, specific prior permission
must be obtained from Uri Wilensky. The software, models and
documentation shall not be used, rewritten, or adapted as the basis of a
commercial software or hardware product without first obtaining
appropriate licenses from Uri Wilensky. We make no representations about
the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without express or implied warranty.

To reference this software in academic publications, please use:
Wilensky, U. (1999). NetLogo. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/.
Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL.

The project gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Science
Foundation (REPP and ROLE Programs) -- grant numbers REC #9814682 and
REC #0126227.

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For random number generation, NetLogo uses the MersenneTwisterFast class
by Sean Luke. The copyright for that code is as follows:

Copyright (c) 2003 by Sean Luke.
Portions copyright (c) 1993 by Michael Lecuyer.
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
      the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
      distribution.
    * Neither the name of the copyright owners, their employers, nor the
      names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
      products derived from this software without specific prior written
      permission. 

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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Parts of NetLogo (specifically, the random-gamma primitive) are based on
code from the Colt library (http://hoschek.home.cern.ch/hoschek/colt/).
The copyright for that code is as follows:

Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and
its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation. CERN makes no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without expressed or implied warranty.

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NetLogo uses the MRJ Adapter library, which is Copyright (c) 2003 Steve
Roy <sroy@roydesign.net>. The library is covered by the GNU LGPL (Lesser
General Public License). The text of that license is included in the
"docs" folder which accompanies the NetLogo download, and is also
available from http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html.

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For movie-making, NetLogo uses code adapted from
sim.util.media.MovieEncoder.java by Sean Luke, distributed under the
MASON Open Source License. The copyright for that code is as follows:

This software is Copyright 2003 by Sean Luke. Portions Copyright 2003 by
Gabriel Catalin Balan, Liviu Panait, Sean Paus, and Dan Kuebrich. All
Rights Reserved.

Developed in Conjunction with the George Mason University Center for
Social Complexity

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itself is Copyright 2003 by Sean Luke.

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For movie-making, NetLogo uses code adapted from JpegImagesToMovie.java
by Sun Microsystems. The copyright for that code is as follows:

Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Sun grants you ("Licensee") a non-exclusive, royalty free, license to
use, modify and redistribute this software in source and binary code
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aircraft, air traffic, aircraft navigation or aircraft communications;
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