License Terms

Rappture is a freely available, open source package. You can do virtually anything you like with it, such as modifying it, redistributing it, and selling it either in whole or in part. But you can't prevent anyone else from doing the same, and you must keep all copyright notices intact, so the ownership and authorship is clear.

The license terms for this package are described in the file license.terms included in the source distribution. See the current source distribution for the latest copy of the license terms.

Here is a recent copy, not guaranteed to be the very latest:

Copyright (c) 2004-2005, Purdue Research Foundation
All rights reserved.

The authors hereby grant permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
and license this software and its documentation for any purpose,
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.

  * No written agreement, license, or royalty fee is required for
    any of the authorized uses.  Modifications to this software may
    be copyrighted by their authors and need not follow the licensing
    terms described here, provided that the new terms are clearly
    indicated on the first page of each file where they apply.

  * Neither the name of the Purdue Research Foundation nor the names
    of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
    derived from this software without specific prior written
    permission.

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"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
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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.