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- European Union Public Licence V. 1.1
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- EUPL (c) the European Community 2007
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- This European Union Public Licence (the "EUPL") applies to the Work or Software
- (as defined below) which is provided under the terms of this Licence. Any
- use of the Work, other than as authorised under this Licence is prohibited
- (to the extent such use is covered by a right of the copyright holder of the
- Work).
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- The Original Work is provided under the terms of this Licence when the Licensor
- (as defined below) has placed the following notice immediately following the
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- Licensed under the EUPL V.1.1
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- or has expressed by any other mean his willingness to license under the EUPL.
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- 1. Definitions
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- In this Licence, the following terms have the following meaning:
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- - The Licence: this Licence.
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- - The Original Work or the Software: the software distributed and/or communicated
- by the Licensor under this Licence, available as Source Code and also as Executable
- Code as the case may be.
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- - Derivative Works: the works or software that could be created by the Licensee,
- based upon the Original Work or modifications thereof. This Licence does not
- define the extent of modification or dependence on the Original Work required
- in order to classify a work as a Derivative Work; this extent is determined
- by copyright law applicable in the country mentioned in Article 15.
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- - The Work: the Original Work and/or its Derivative Works.
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- - The Source Code: the human-readable form of the Work which is the most convenient
- for people to study and modify.
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- - The Executable Code: any code which has generally been compiled and which
- is meant to be interpreted by a computer as a program.
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- - The Licensor: the natural or legal person that distributes and/or communicates
- the Work under the Licence.
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- - Contributor(s): any natural or legal person who modifies the Work under
- the Licence, or otherwise contributes to the creation of a Derivative Work.
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- - The Licensee or "You": any natural or legal person who makes any usage of
- the Software under the terms of the Licence.
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- - Distribution and/or Communication: any act of selling, giving, lending,
- renting, distributing, communicating, transmitting, or otherwise making available,
- on-line or off-line, copies of the Work or providing access to its essential
- functionalities at the disposal of any other natural or legal person.
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- 2. Scope of the rights granted by the Licence
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- The Licensor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive,
- sublicensable licence to do the following, for the duration of copyright vested
- in the Original Work:
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- - use the Work in any circumstance and for all usage,
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- - reproduce the Work,
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- - modify the Original Work, and make Derivative Works based upon the Work,
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- - communicate to the public, including the right to make available or display
- the Work or copies thereof to the public and perform publicly, as the case
- may be, the Work,
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- - distribute the Work or copies thereof,
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- - lend and rent the Work or copies thereof,
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- - sub-license rights in the Work or copies thereof.
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- Those rights can be exercised on any media, supports and formats, whether
- now known or later invented, as far as the applicable law permits so.
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- In the countries where moral rights apply, the Licensor waives his right to
- exercise his moral right to the extent allowed by law in order to make effective
- the licence of the economic rights here above listed.
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- The Licensor grants to the Licensee royalty-free, non exclusive usage rights
- to any patents held by the Licensor, to the extent necessary to make use of
- the rights granted on the Work under this Licence.
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- 3. Communication of the Source Code
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- The Licensor may provide the Work either in its Source Code form, or as Executable
- Code. If the Work is provided as Executable Code, the Licensor provides in
- addition a machine-readable copy of the Source Code of the Work along with
- each copy of the Work that the Licensor distributes or indicates, in a notice
- following the copyright notice attached to the Work, a repository where the
- Source Code is easily and freely accessible for as long as the Licensor continues
- to distribute and/or communicate the Work.
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- 4. Limitations on copyright
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- Nothing in this Licence is intended to deprive the Licensee of the benefits
- from any exception or limitation to the exclusive rights of the rights owners
- in the Original Work or Software, of the exhaustion of those rights or of
- other applicable limitations thereto.
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- 5. Obligations of the Licensee
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- The grant of the rights mentioned above is subject to some restrictions and
- obligations imposed on the Licensee. Those obligations are the following:
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- Attribution right: the Licensee shall keep intact all copyright, patent or
- trademarks notices and all notices that refer to the Licence and to the disclaimer
- of warranties. The Licensee must include a copy of such notices and a copy
- of the Licence with every copy of the Work he/she distributes and/or communicates.
- The Licensee must cause any Derivative Work to carry prominent notices stating
- that the Work has been modified and the date of modification.
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- Copyleft clause: If the Licensee distributes and/or communicates copies of
- the Original Works or Derivative Works based upon the Original Work, this
- Distribution and/or Communication will be done under the terms of this Licence
- or of a later version of this Licence unless the Original Work is expressly
- distributed only under this version of the Licence. The Licensee (becoming
- Licensor) cannot offer or impose any additional terms or conditions on the
- Work or Derivative Work that alter or restrict the terms of the Licence.
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- Compatibility clause: If the Licensee Distributes and/or Communicates Derivative
- Works or copies thereof based upon both the Original Work and another work
- licensed under a Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication
- can be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence. For the sake of this
- clause, "Compatible Licence," refers to the licences listed in the appendix
- attached to this Licence. Should the Licensee's obligations under the Compatible
- Licence conflict with his/her obligations under this Licence, the obligations
- of the Compatible Licence shall prevail.
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- Provision of Source Code: When distributing and/or communicating copies of
- the Work, the Licensee will provide a machine-readable copy of the Source
- Code or indicate a repository where this Source will be easily and freely
- available for as long as the Licensee continues to distribute and/or communicate
- the Work.
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- Legal Protection: This Licence does not grant permission to use the trade
- names, trademarks, service marks, or names of the Licensor, except as required
- for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the Work and
- reproducing the content of the copyright notice.
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- 6. Chain of Authorship
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- The original Licensor warrants that the copyright in the Original Work granted
- hereunder is owned by him/her or licensed to him/her and that he/she has the
- power and authority to grant the Licence.
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- Each Contributor warrants that the copyright in the modifications he/she brings
- to the Work are owned by him/her or licensed to him/her and that he/she has
- the power and authority to grant the Licence.
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- Each time You accept the Licence, the original Licensor and subsequent Contributors
- grant You a licence to their contributions to the Work, under the terms of
- this Licence.
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- 7. Disclaimer of Warranty
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- The Work is a work in progress, which is continuously improved by numerous
- contributors. It is not a finished work and may therefore contain defects
- or "bugs" inherent to this type of software development.
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- For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an "as is"
- basis and without warranties of any kind concerning the Work, including without
- limitation merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, absence of defects
- or errors, accuracy, non-infringement of intellectual property rights other
- than copyright as stated in Article 6 of this Licence.
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- This disclaimer of warranty is an essential part of the Licence and a condition
- for the grant of any rights to the Work.
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- 8. Disclaimer of Liability
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- Except in the cases of wilful misconduct or damages directly caused to natural
- persons, the Licensor will in no event be liable for any direct or indirect,
- material or moral, damages of any kind, arising out of the Licence or of the
- use of the Work, including without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill,
- work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, loss of data or any commercial
- damage, even if the Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
- However, the Licensor will be liable under statutory product liability laws
- as far such laws apply to the Work.
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- 9. Additional agreements
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- While distributing the Original Work or Derivative Works, You may choose to
- conclude an additional agreement to offer, and charge a fee for, acceptance
- of support, warranty, indemnity, or other liability obligations and/or services
- consistent with this Licence. However, in accepting such obligations, You
- may act only on your own behalf and on your sole responsibility, not on behalf
- of the original Licensor or any other Contributor, and only if You agree to
- indemnify, defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability incurred
- by, or claims asserted against such Contributor by the fact You have accepted
- any such warranty or additional liability.
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- 10. Acceptance of the Licence
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- The provisions of this Licence can be accepted by clicking on an icon "I agree"
- placed under the bottom of a window displaying the text of this Licence or
- by affirming consent in any other similar way, in accordance with the rules
- of applicable law. Clicking on that icon indicates your clear and irrevocable
- acceptance of this Licence and all of its terms and conditions.
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- Similarly, you irrevocably accept this Licence and all of its terms and conditions
- by exercising any rights granted to You by Article 2 of this Licence, such
- as the use of the Work, the creation by You of a Derivative Work or the Distribution
- and/or Communication by You of the Work or copies thereof.
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- 11. Information to the public
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- In case of any Distribution and/or Communication of the Work by means of electronic
- communication by You (for example, by offering to download the Work from a
- remote location) the distribution channel or media (for example, a website)
- must at least provide to the public the information requested by the applicable
- law regarding the Licensor, the Licence and the way it may be accessible,
- concluded, stored and reproduced by the Licensee.
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- 12. Termination of the Licence
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- The Licence and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically
- upon any breach by the Licensee of the terms of the Licence. Such a termination
- will not terminate the licences of any person who has received the Work from
- the Licensee under the Licence, provided such persons remain in full compliance
- with the Licence.
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- 13. Miscellaneous
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- Without prejudice of Article 9 above, the Licence represents the complete
- agreement between the Parties as to the Work licensed hereunder.
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- If any provision of the Licence is invalid or unenforceable under applicable
- law, this will not affect the validity or enforceability of the Licence as
- a whole. Such provision will be construed and/or reformed so as necessary
- to make it valid and enforceable.
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- The European Commission may publish other linguistic versions and/or new versions
- of this Licence, so far this is required and reasonable, without reducing
- the scope of the rights granted by the Licence. New versions of the Licence
- will be published with a unique version number.
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- All linguistic versions of this Licence, approved by the European Commission,
- have identical value. Parties can take advantage of the linguistic version
- of their choice.
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- 14. Jurisdiction
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- Any litigation resulting from the interpretation of this License, arising
- between the European Commission, as a Licensor, and any Licensee, will be
- subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,
- as laid down in article 238 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.
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- Any litigation arising between Parties, other than the European Commission,
- and resulting from the interpretation of this License, will be subject to
- the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent court where the Licensor resides
- or conducts its primary business.
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- 15. Applicable Law
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- This Licence shall be governed by the law of the European Union country where
- the Licensor resides or has his registered office.
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- This licence shall be governed by the Belgian law if:
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- - a litigation arises between the European Commission, as a Licensor, and
- any Licensee;
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- - the Licensor, other than the European Commission, has no residence or registered
- office inside a European Union country.
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- Appendix
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- "Compatible Licences" according to article 5 EUPL are:
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- - GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) v. 2
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- - Open Software License (OSL) v. 2.1, v. 3.0
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- - Common Public License v. 1.0
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- - Eclipse Public License v. 1.0
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- - Cecill v. 2.0
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