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- SCEA Shared Source License 1.0
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- Terms and Conditions:
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- 1. Definitions:
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- "Software" shall mean the software and related documentation, whether in Source
- or Object Form, made available under this SCEA Shared Source license ("License"),
- that is indicated by a copyright notice file included in the source files
- or attached or accompanying the source files.
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- "Licensor" shall mean Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. (herein "SCEA")
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- "Object Code" or "Object Form" shall mean any form that results from translation
- or transformation of Source Code, including but not limited to compiled object
- code or conversions to other forms intended for machine execution.
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- "Source Code" or "Source Form" shall have the plain meaning generally accepted
- in the software industry, including but not limited to software source code,
- documentation source, header and configuration files.
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- "You" or "Your" shall mean you as an individual or as a company, or whichever
- form under which you are exercising rights under this License.
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- 2. License Grant.
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- Licensor hereby grants to You, free of charge subject to the terms and conditions
- of this License, an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, and
- royalty-free license to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform
- or display the Software in Object or Source Form .
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- 3. No Right to File for Patent.
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- In exchange for the rights that are granted to You free of charge under this
- License, You agree that You will not file for any patent application, seek
- copyright protection or take any other action that might otherwise impair
- the ownership rights in and to the Software that may belong to SCEA or any
- of the other contributors/authors of the Software.
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- 4. Contributions.
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- SCEA welcomes contributions in form of modifications, optimizations, tools
- or documentation designed to improve or expand the performance and scope of
- the Software (collectively "Contributions"). Per the terms of this License
- You are free to modify the Software and those modifications would belong to
- You. You may however wish to donate Your Contributions to SCEA for consideration
- for inclusion into the Software. For the avoidance of doubt, if You elect
- to send Your Contributions to SCEA, You are doing so voluntarily and are giving
- the Contributions to SCEA and its parent company Sony Computer Entertainment,
- Inc., free of charge, to use, modify or distribute in any form or in any manner.
- SCEA acknowledges that if You make a donation of Your Contributions to SCEA,
- such Contributions shall not exclusively belong to SCEA or its parent company
- and such donation shall not be to Your exclusion. SCEA, in its sole discretion,
- shall determine whether or not to include Your donated Contributions into
- the Software, in whole, in part, or as modified by SCEA. Should SCEA elect
- to include any such Contributions into the Software, it shall do so at its
- own risk and may elect to give credit or special thanks to any such contributors
- in the attached copyright notice. However, if any of Your contributions are
- included into the Software, they will become part of the Software and will
- be distributed under the terms and conditions of this License. Further, if
- Your donated Contributions are integrated into the Software then Sony Computer
- Entertainment, Inc. shall become the copyright owner of the Software now containing
- Your contributions and SCEA would be the Licensor.
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- 5. Redistribution in Source Form
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- You may redistribute copies of the Software, modifications or derivatives
- thereof in Source Code Form, provided that You:
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- a. Include a copy of this License and any copyright notices with source
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- b. Identify modifications if any were made to the Software
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- c. Include a copy of all documentation accompanying the Software and modifications
- made by You
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- 6. Redistribution in Object Form
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- If You redistribute copies of the Software, modifications or derivatives thereof
- in Object Form only (as incorporated into finished goods, i.e. end user applications)
- then You will not have a duty to include any copies of the code, this License,
- copyright notices, other attributions or documentation.
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- 7. No Warranty
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- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS
- OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
- ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATENESS
- OF USING, MODIFYING OR REDISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE AND ASSUME ANY RISKS ASSOCIATED
- WITH YOUR EXERCISE OF PERMISSIONS UNDER THIS LICENSE.
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- 8. Limitation of Liability
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- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE
- TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
- SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WITH RESPECT TO ANY INJURY, LOSS,
- OR DAMAGE, ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LETTER AGREEMENT, WHETHER
- FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
- OF SUCH INJURY, LOSS, OR DAMAGE. THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN
- THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE AT LAW OR ANY GOVERMENTAL
- REGULATIONS.
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- 9. Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction
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- This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the
- laws of the State of California, excluding that body of law related to choice
- of laws, and of the United States of America. Any action or proceeding brought
- to enforce the terms of this Agreement or to adjudicate any dispute arising
- hereunder shall be brought in the Superior Court of the County of San Mateo,
- State of California or the United States District Court for the Northern District
- of California. Each of the parties hereby submits itself to the exclusive
- jurisdiction and venue of such courts for purposes of any such action. In
- addition, each party hereby waives the right to a jury trial in any action
- or proceeding related to this Agreement.
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- 10. Copyright Notice for Redistribution of Source Code
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- Copyright 2005 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
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- Licensed under the SCEA Shared Source License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
- a copy of the License at:
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- http://research.scea.com/scea_shared_source_license.html
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- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
- under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
- CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
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