Leon Scroggins III | f59fb0e | 2014-05-28 15:19:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | The JsonCpp library's source code, including accompanying documentation, |
| 2 | tests and demonstration applications, are licensed under the following |
| 3 | conditions... |
| 4 | |
| 5 | The author (Baptiste Lepilleur) explicitly disclaims copyright in all |
| 6 | jurisdictions which recognize such a disclaimer. In such jurisdictions, |
| 7 | this software is released into the Public Domain. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | In jurisdictions which do not recognize Public Domain property (e.g. Germany as of |
| 10 | 2010), this software is Copyright (c) 2007-2010 by Baptiste Lepilleur, and is |
| 11 | released under the terms of the MIT License (see below). |
| 12 | |
| 13 | In jurisdictions which recognize Public Domain property, the user of this |
| 14 | software may choose to accept it either as 1) Public Domain, 2) under the |
| 15 | conditions of the MIT License (see below), or 3) under the terms of dual |
| 16 | Public Domain/MIT License conditions described here, as they choose. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | The MIT License is about as close to Public Domain as a license can get, and is |
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| 20 | |
| 21 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License |
| 22 | |
| 23 | The full text of the MIT License follows: |
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| 25 | ======================================================================== |
| 26 | Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Baptiste Lepilleur |
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| 28 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person |
| 29 | obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation |
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| 50 | The MIT license is compatible with both the GPL and commercial |
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| 52 | minor nuisance of being required to keep the above copyright notice |
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