| Serp License |
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| Serp uses the BSD license. This is the most open license I could find; the goal is that regardless of your application -- commercial or non-commercial, open source or closed -- you can take advantage of the utilities serp provides, or even modify them to suit your needs... without any legal issues. Also, as in all open source, access to the source code means that you have the opportunity to fix blocking bugs without waiting for the next release. The following is the text of the license: |
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| Copyright (c) 2002-2007, A. Abram White |
| All rights reserved. |
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| Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
| modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: |
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| * 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. |
| * Neither the name of 'serp' 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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| THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "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 COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR |
| ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES |
| (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; |
| LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 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 OF THIS |
| SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |
