Common Public License Version 1.0
THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS
OF THIS COMMON PUBLIC LICENSE ("AGREEMENT"). ANY USE,
REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSTITUTES
RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
1. DEFINITIONS
"Contribution" means:
a) in the case of the initial Contributor, the
initial code and documentation distributed under
this Agreement, and
b) in the case of each subsequent Contributor:
i) changes to the Program, and
ii) additions to the Program;
where such changes and/or additions to the Program
originate from and are distributed by that particular
Contributor. A Contribution 'originates' from a
Contributor if it was added to the Program by such
Contributor itself or anyone acting on such Contributor's
behalf. Contributions do not include additions to
the Program which: (i) are separate modules of software
distributed in conjunction with the Program under
their own license agreement, and (ii) are not derivative
works of the Program.
"Contributor" means any person or entity that distributes
the Program.
"Licensed Patents " mean patent claims licensable
by a Contributor which are necessarily infringed by
the use or sale of its Contribution alone or when
combined with the Program.
"Program" means the Contributions distributed in
accordance with this Agreement.
"Recipient" means anyone who receives the Program
under this Agreement, including all Contributors.
2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each
Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive,
worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce,
prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly
perform, distribute and sublicense the Contribution
of such Contributor, if any, and such derivative
works, in source code and object code form.
b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each
Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive,
worldwide, royalty-free patent license under Licensed
Patents to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import
and otherwise transfer the Contribution of such
Contributor, if any, in source code and object code
form. This patent license shall apply to the combination
of the Contribution and the Program if, at the time
the Contribution is added by the Contributor, such
addition of the Contribution causes such combination
to be covered by the Licensed Patents. The patent
license shall not apply to any other combinations
which include the Contribution. No hardware per
se is licensed hereunder.
c) Recipient understands that although each Contributor
grants the licenses to its Contributions set forth
herein, no assurances are provided by any Contributor
that the Program does not infringe the patent or
other intellectual property rights of any other
entity. Each Contributor disclaims any liability
to Recipient for claims brought by any other entity
based on infringement of intellectual property rights
or otherwise. As a condition to exercising the rights
and licenses granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby
assumes sole responsibility to secure any other
intellectual property rights needed, if any. For
example, if a third party patent license is required
to allow Recipient to distribute the Program, it
is Recipient's responsibility to acquire that license
before distributing the Program.
d) Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge
it has sufficient copyright rights in its Contribution,
if any, to grant the copyright license set forth
in this Agreement.
3. REQUIREMENTS
A Contributor may choose to distribute the Program
in object code form under its own license agreement,
provided that:
a) it complies with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement; and
b) its license agreement:
i) effectively disclaims on behalf of all Contributors
all warranties and conditions, express and implied,
including warranties or conditions of title and
non-infringement, and implied warranties or conditions
of merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose;
ii) effectively excludes on behalf of all Contributors
all liability for damages, including direct, indirect,
special, incidental and consequential damages, such
as lost profits;
iii) states that any provisions which differ from
this Agreement are offered by that Contributor alone
and not by any other party; and
iv) states that source code for the Program is
available from such Contributor, and informs licensees
how to obtain it in a reasonable manner on or through
a medium customarily used for software exchange.
When the Program is made available in source code
form:
a) it must be made available under this Agreement;
and
b) a copy of this Agreement must be included with
each copy of the Program.
Contributors may not remove or alter any copyright
notices contained within the Program.
Each Contributor must identify itself as the originator
of its Contribution, if any, in a manner that reasonably
allows subsequent Recipients to identify the originator
of the Contribution.
4. COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
Commercial distributors of software may accept certain
responsibilities with respect to end users, business
partners and the like. While this license is intended
to facilitate the commercial use of the Program, the
Contributor who includes the Program in a commercial
product offering should do so in a manner which does
not create potential liability for other Contributors.
Therefore, if a Contributor includes the Program in
a commercial product offering, such Contributor ("Commercial
Contributor") hereby agrees to defend and indemnify
every other Contributor ("Indemnified Contributor")
against any losses, damages and costs (collectively
"Losses") arising from claims, lawsuits and other
legal actions brought by a third party against the
Indemnified Contributor to the extent caused by the
acts or omissions of such Commercial Contributor in
connection with its distribution of the Program in
a commercial product offering. The obligations in
this section do not apply to any claims or Losses
relating to any actual or alleged intellectual property
infringement. In order to qualify, an Indemnified
Contributor must: a) promptly notify the Commercial
Contributor in writing of such claim, and b) allow
the Commercial Contributor to control, and cooperate
with the Commercial Contributor in, the defense and
any related settlement negotiations. The Indemnified
Contributor may participate in any such claim at its
own expense.
For example, a Contributor might include the Program
in a commercial product offering, Product X. That
Contributor is then a Commercial Contributor. If that
Commercial Contributor then makes performance claims,
or offers warranties related to Product X, those performance
claims and warranties are such Commercial Contributor's
responsibility alone. Under this section, the Commercial
Contributor would have to defend claims against the
other Contributors related to those performance claims
and warranties, and if a court requires any other
Contributor to pay any damages as a result, the Commercial
Contributor must pay those damages.
5. NO WARRANTY
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT,
THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES
OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Each Recipient
is solely responsible for determining the appropriateness
of using and distributing the Program and assumes
all risks associated with its exercise of rights under
this Agreement, including but not limited to the risks
and costs of program errors, compliance with applicable
laws, damage to or loss of data, programs or equipment,
and unavailability or interruption of operations.
6. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT,
NEITHER RECIPIENT NOR ANY CONTRIBUTORS SHALL HAVE
ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR DISTRIBUTION
OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED
HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
7. GENERAL
If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or
unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of the remainder of
the terms of this Agreement, and without further action
by the parties hereto, such provision shall be reformed
to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision
valid and enforceable.
If Recipient institutes patent litigation against
a Contributor with respect to a patent applicable
to software (including a cross-claim or counterclaim
in a lawsuit), then any patent licenses granted by
that Contributor to such Recipient under this Agreement
shall terminate as of the date such litigation is
filed. In addition, if Recipient institutes patent
litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim
or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Program
itself (excluding combinations of the Program with
other software or hardware) infringes such Recipient's
patent(s), then such Recipient's rights granted under
Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation
is filed.
All Recipient's rights under this Agreement shall
terminate if it fails to comply with any of the material
terms or conditions of this Agreement and does not
cure such failure in a reasonable period of time after
becoming aware of such noncompliance. If all Recipient's
rights under this Agreement terminate, Recipient agrees
to cease use and distribution of the Program as soon
as reasonably practicable. However, Recipient's obligations
under this Agreement and any licenses granted by Recipient
relating to the Program shall continue and survive.
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute copies
of this Agreement, but in order to avoid inconsistency
the Agreement is copyrighted and may only be modified
in the following manner. The Agreement Steward reserves
the right to publish new versions (including revisions)
of this Agreement from time to time. No one other
than the Agreement Steward has the right to modify
this Agreement. IBM is the initial Agreement Steward.
IBM may assign the responsibility to serve as the
Agreement Steward to a suitable separate entity. Each
new version of the Agreement will be given a distinguishing
version number. The Program (including Contributions)
may always be distributed subject to the version of
the Agreement under which it was received. In addition,
after a new version of the Agreement is published,
Contributor may elect to distribute the Program (including
its Contributions) under the new version. Except as
expressly stated in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above,
Recipient receives no rights or licenses to the intellectual
property of any Contributor under this Agreement,
whether expressly, by implication, estoppel or otherwise.
All rights in the Program not expressly granted under
this Agreement are reserved.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State
of New York and the intellectual property laws of
the United States of America. No party to this Agreement
will bring a legal action under this Agreement more
than one year after the cause of action arose. Each
party waives its rights to a jury trial in any resulting
litigation.
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