license.txt

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   EasyLocal++ License agreement
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       Please read carefully the following license before using
       EasyLocal++.

       You, the end user, ("Licensee"), and the Local++ team, regarding
       miniEasyLocal++ rel. 0.2 and any future versions of EasyLocal++.
       EasyLocal++ includes all programs, code, examples, manuals and other
       documentation included in the release (collectively, "the Software").
       Licensee may modify the Software, to make repairs, reorganizations,
       enhancements, extensions, ports, integrations with other systems, or
       add, remove or modify code or documentation (collectively, "the
       Derivatives");

          1. Licensee agrees that the Software and the Derivatives will be
             used solely for non-commercial research or educational purposes.
             Licensee is not permitted to sell, lease, distribute, transfer,
             sublicense, or otherwise dispose of the Software and the
             Derivatives, in whole or in part, for any form of actual or
             potential commercial gain or consideration;

          2. Copyright of the Software is and will remain with the Local++
             team, and shall at no point transfer to Licensee. Any copyright
             notices on the Software shall be included on all copies of the
             Derivatives, or any parts or portions thereof, in any form,
             manner or substance, which are produced by the Licensee including
             but not limited to incorporation of the Software into any other
             program, technical data, documentation, firmware, or other
             information of the like kind, type or quality;

          3. Any externally disseminated publications such as, but not limited
             to, manuals, technical reports, articles in journals, papers in
             conference or workshop proceedings, and marketing brochures or
             advertisements for sale or distribution of products, written in
             whole or in part by Licensee personnel, including but not limited
             to employees, consultants or students of Licensee, that are based
             in any part on the ideas of the Local++ project or the Software
             shall acknowledge all the people involved in the Local++ project,
             with citations to their published literature when appropriate;

          4. Licensee acknowledges that the Software is being supplied in an
             "as is"condition without any support services or future updates
             or releases. The Local++ team may or may not make future updates
             and releases available to Licensee under this same or another
             licensing agreement, but the Local++ team is in no way obligated
             to do so. If Licensee discovers any defects or limitations in the
             Software, Licensee is encouraged to inform the Local++ team by
             sending electronic mail to [e-mail]. 
             The Local++ team will not necessarily acknowledge any reports 
             or make any requested changes to the Software;

          5. The Local++ team makes no guarantees, warranties or
             representations of any kind, either express or implied.
             Furthermore, the Local++ team disclaims and Licensee waives and
             excludes any and all warranties of merchantability and any and
             all warranties of fitness for any particular purpose. Licensee
             agrees that neither the present Local++ team nor its future,
             current or former personnel, including but not limited to
             employees, consultants and students, shall be held to any
             liability with respect to any claim by Licensee or a third party
             arising from or on account of the use of the Software or the
             Derivatives, regardless of the form of action; whether in
             contract or tort, including negligence. In no event will the
             Local++ team be liable for consequential or incidental damages of
             any nature whatsoever;

          6. Licensee will guarantee that all actual or potential users of the
             Software, and all actual or potential producers of the
             Derivatives, within Licensee organization, or in organizations
             who have obtained or may obtain the Software or the Derivatives
             from Licensee, are aware of this agreement and of the terms for
             using the Software and producing Derivatives. 

             YOUR USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE IMPLIES YOUR
             AGREEMENT WITH THE TERMS IN THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT.


For any informations about EasyLocal++ including new developments, please 
refer to the EasyLocal++ web page: http://tabu.dimi.uniud.it/EasyLocal/