GRIDSPHERE SOFTWARE LICENSE
All software developed by the GridSphere Project is made available under
a liberal open source license. This license allows the software to be used
by anyone and for any purpose, without restriction.
The GridSphere software was developed under funding from the EU GridLab
project, supported by the European Commission 5th Framework program,
(grant IST-2001-32133)
The GridSphere Open License wording is as follows.
GridSphere Open License (GOL)
Copyright © 2003 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft/Max-Planck-Institut für
Gravitationsphysik. All Rights Reserved.
1) The "Software", below, refers to the GridSphere Portal (in either
source-code, or binary form and accompanying documentation) and a
"work based on the Software" means a work based on either the
Software, on part of the Software, or on any derivative work of
the Software under applicable copyright law: that is, a work containing
all or a portion of the Software either verbatim or with
modifications. Each licensee is addressed as "you" or "Licensee."
2) A copy or copies of the Software may be given to others, if you
meet the following conditions:
a) Copies in source code must include the copyright notice and
this license.
b) Copies in binary form must include the copyright notice and
this license in the documentation and/or other materials
provided with the copy.
3) All advertising materials, journal articles and documentation
mentioning features derived from or use of the Software must
display the following acknowledgement:
"This product includes software developed by and/or derived from
the GridSphere project (http://www.gridsphere.org/)."
In the event that the product being advertised includes an intact
GridSphere distribution (with copyright and license included) then
this clause is waived.
4) You are encouraged to package modifications to the Software
separately, as patches to the Software.
5) You may make modifications to the Software, however, if you
modify a copy or copies of the Software or any portion of it,
thus forming a work based on the Software, and give a copy or
copies of such work to others, either in source code or binary
form, you must meet the following conditions:
a) The Software must carry prominent notices stating that you
changed specified portions of the Software.
b) The Software must display the following acknowledgement:
"This product includes software developed by and/or derived
from the GridSphere Project (http://www.gridsphere.org/)."
6) You may incorporate the Software or a modified version of the
Software into a commercial product, if you meet the following
conditions:
a) The commercial product or accompanying documentation must
display the following acknowledgment:
"This product includes software developed by and/or derived
from the GridSphere Project (http://www.gridsphere.org/)."
b) The user of the commercial product must be given the following
notice:
"[Commercial product] was prepared, in part, on the basis of
work sponsored by the GridSphere Project. The GridSphere project
does not make any warranty express or implied, or assumes any legal
liability or responsibility for usefulness of any information,
apparatus, product, or process disclosed.
7) The Software was prepared, in part, on the basis of work
sponsored by an agency of the European Union. Neither
the GridSphere Project, nor any of their employees,
makes any warranty express or implied, or assumes any legal
liability or responsibility for
usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process
disclosed.
8) The GridSphere Project's liability for any damages sustained by you or your
contract-partners, irrespective of its factual or legal cause but excluded
in case of damages to body or injury, shall be limited as follows:
a) Willful Misconduct, Product Liability. The GridSphere Project's
liability for wilful misconduct and claims asserted under the
German Product Liability Act and personal injuries is governed by
the applicable statutory provisions.
b) Gross Negligence. The GridSphere Project's liability for gross
negligence is limited to reasonably foreseeable damages; this
limitation does not apply, if damages are caused by managing
employees of the The GridSphere Project.
c) Slight Negligence. The GridSphere Project's liability for slight
negligence is limited to cases of material breach and cases of
default ("Verzug") or impossi-bility of performance ("Unmöglichkeit").
In such cases, The GridSphere ProjectÕs liability is limited to
reasonably forseeable damages.
d) Loss of Data. The GridSphere Project is not liable for any loss of
data.
e) The GridSphere Project is not liable for any consequential damages.
9) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of
Germany. The application of the UN Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods is excluded. The exclusive place of jurisdiction
for any legal disputes arising from or in connection with this License
Agreement shall be Berlin/Germany.
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