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| 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. |
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| 1. DEFINITIONS |
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| "Contribution" means: |
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| 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. |
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| "Contributor" means any person or entity that distributes the Program. |
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| "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. |
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| "Program" means the Contributions distributed in accordance with this Agreement. |
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| "Recipient" means anyone who receives the Program under this Agreement, including all Contributors. |
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| 2. GRANT OF RIGHTS |
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| 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 |
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| A Contributor may choose to distribute the Program in object code form under its own license agreement, provided that: |
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| 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: |
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| 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. |
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| Contributors may not remove or alter any copyright notices contained within the Program. |
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| 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. |
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| 4. COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 5. NO WARRANTY |
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| 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. |
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| 6. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY |
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| 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. |
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| 7. GENERAL |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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