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diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/NASA-1 b/meta/files/common-licenses/NASA-1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bdcaca33c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/meta/files/common-licenses/NASA-1 @@ -0,0 +1,246 @@ + +ASA OPEN SOURCE AGREEMENT VERSION 1.3 + +THIS OPEN SOURCE AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") DEFINES THE RIGHTS OF USE, +REPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, MODIFICATION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN COMPUTER +SOFTWARE ORIGINALLY RELEASED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY +THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY LISTED BELOW ("GOVERNMENT AGENCY"). THE UNITED +STATES GOVERNMENT, AS REPRESENTED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCY, IS AN INTENDED THIRD- +PARTY BENEFICIARY OF ALL SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTIONS OR REDISTRIBUTIONS OF THE +SUBJECT SOFTWARE. ANYONE WHO USES, REPRODUCES, DISTRIBUTES, MODIFIES OR +REDISTRIBUTES THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE, AS DEFINED HEREIN, OR ANY PART THEREOF, IS, +BY THAT ACTION, ACCEPTING IN FULL THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS +CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. + +Government Agency: _____ Government Agency Original Software Designation: __ +Government Agency Original Software Title: _____ User Registration Requested. +Please Visit http://___ Government Agency Point of Contact for Original +Software: _____ + +DEFINITIONS +A. "Contributor" means Government Agency, as the developer of the +Original Software, and any entity that makes a Modification. B. "Covered +Patents" mean patent claims licensable by a Contributor that are +necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Modification alone or when +combined with the Subject Software. C. "Display" means the showing of +a copy of the Subject Software, either directly or by means of an image, or any +other device. D. "Distribution" means conveyance or transfer of the +Subject Software, regardless of means, to another. E. "Larger Work" +means computer software that combines Subject Software, or portions thereof, +with software separate from the Subject Software that is not governed by the +terms of this Agreement. F. "Modification" means any alteration of, +including addition to or deletion from, the substance or structure of either +the Original Software or Subject Software, and includes derivative works, as +that term is defined in the Copyright Statute, 17 USC 101. However, the act of +including Subject Software as part of a Larger Work does not in and of itself +constitute a Modification. G. "Original Software" means the computer +software first released under this Agreement by Government Agency with +Government Agency designation __ and entitled _________, including source code, +object code and accompanying documentation, if any. H. "Recipient" +means anyone who acquires the Subject Software under this Agreement, including +all Contributors. I. "Redistribution" means Distribution of the +Subject Software after a Modification has been made. J. +"Reproduction" means the making of a counterpart, image or copy of +the Subject Software. K. "Sale" means the exchange of the Subject +Software for money or equivalent value. L. "Subject Software" means +the Original Software, Modifications, or any respective parts thereof. M. +"Use" means the application or employment of the Subject Software for +any purpose. + +GRANT OF RIGHTS +A. Under Non-Patent Rights: Subject to the terms and conditions of this +Agreement, each Contributor, with respect to its own contribution to the +Subject Software, hereby grants to each Recipient a non-exclusive, world-wide, +royalty-free license to engage in the following activities pertaining to the +Subject Software: + +Use +Distribution +Reproduction +Modification +Redistribution +Display +B. Under Patent Rights: Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, +each Contributor, with respect to its own contribution to the Subject Software, +hereby grants to each Recipient under Covered Patents a non-exclusive, world- +wide, royalty-free license to engage in the following activities pertaining to +the Subject Software: + +Use +Distribution +Reproduction +Sale +Offer for Sale +C. The rights granted under Paragraph B. also apply to the combination of a +Contributor's Modification and the Subject Software if, at the time the +Modification is added by the Contributor, the addition of such Modification +causes the combination to be covered by the Covered Patents. It does not apply +to any other combinations that include a Modification. + +D. The rights granted in Paragraphs A. and B. allow the Recipient to sublicense +those same rights. Such sublicense must be under the same terms and conditions +of this Agreement. + +OBLIGATIONS OF RECIPIENT +A. Distribution or Redistribution of the Subject Software must be made under +this Agreement except for additions covered under paragraph 3H. + +Whenever a Recipient distributes or redistributes the Subject Software, a copy +of this Agreement must be included with each copy of the Subject Software; and +If Recipient distributes or redistributes the Subject Software in any form +other than source code, Recipient must also make the source code freely +available, and must provide with each copy of the Subject Software information +on how to obtain the source code in a reasonable manner on or through a medium +customarily used for software exchange. +B. Each Recipient must ensure that the following copyright notice appears +prominently in the Subject Software: + +[Government Agency will insert the applicable copyright notice in each +agreement accompanying the initial distribution of original software and remove +this bracketed language.] + +[The following copyright notice will be used if created by a contractor +pursuant to Government Agency contract and rights obtained from creator by +assignment. Government Agency will insert the year and its Agency designation +and remove the bracketed language.] Copyright � {YEAR} United States Government +as represented by ___ ____. All Rights Reserved. + +[The following copyright notice will be used if created by civil servants only. +Government Agency will insert the year and its Agency designation and remove +the bracketed language.] Copyright � {YEAR} United States Government as +represented by ____ ____. No copyright is claimed in the United States under +Title 17, U.S.Code. All Other Rights Reserved. + +C. Each Contributor must characterize its alteration of the Subject Software as +a Modification and must identify itself as the originator of its Modification +in a manner that reasonably allows subsequent Recipients to identify the +originator of the Modification. In fulfillment of these requirements, +Contributor must include a file (e.g., a change log file) that describes the +alterations made and the date of the alterations, identifies Contributor as +originator of the alterations, and consents to characterization of the +alterations as a Modification, for example, by including a statement that the +Modification is derived, directly or indirectly, from Original Software +provided by Government Agency. Once consent is granted, it may not thereafter +be revoked. + +D. A Contributor may add its own copyright notice to the Subject Software. Once +a copyright notice has been added to the Subject Software, a Recipient may not +remove it without the express permission of the Contributor who added the +notice. + +E. A Recipient may not make any representation in the Subject Software or in +any promotional, advertising or other material that may be construed as an +endorsement by Government Agency or by any prior Recipient of any product or +service provided by Recipient, or that may seek to obtain commercial advantage +by the fact of Government Agency's or a prior Recipient's participation in this +Agreement. + +F. In an effort to track usage and maintain accurate records of the Subject +Software, each Recipient, upon receipt of the Subject Software, is requested to +register with Government Agency by visiting the following website: ______. +Recipient's name and personal information shall be used for statistical +purposes only. Once a Recipient makes a Modification available, it is requested +that the Recipient inform Government Agency at the web site provided above how +to access the Modification. + +[Alternative paragraph for use when a web site for release and monitoring of +subject software will not be supported by releasing Government Agency] In an +effort to track usage and maintain accurate records of the Subject Software, +each Recipient, upon receipt of the Subject Software, is requested to provide +Government Agency, by e-mail to the Government Agency Point of Contact listed +in clause 5.F., the following information: ______. Recipient's name and +personal information shall be used for statistical purposes only. Once a +Recipient makes a Modification available, it is requested that the Recipient +inform Government Agency, by e-mail to the Government Agency Point of Contact +listed in clause 5.F., how to access the Modification. + +G. Each Contributor represents that that its Modification is believed to be +Contributor's original creation and does not violate any existing agreements, +regulations, statutes or rules, and further that Contributor has sufficient +rights to grant the rights conveyed by this Agreement. + +H. A Recipient may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support, +indemnity and/or liability obligations to one or more other Recipients of the +Subject Software. A Recipient may do so, however, only on its own behalf and +not on behalf of Government Agency or any other Recipient. Such a Recipient +must make it absolutely clear that any such warranty, support, indemnity and/or +liability obligation is offered by that Recipient alone. Further, such +Recipient agrees to indemnify Government Agency and every other Recipient for +any liability incurred by them as a result of warranty, support, indemnity and/ +or liability offered by such Recipient. + +I. A Recipient may create a Larger Work by combining Subject Software with +separate software not governed by the terms of this agreement and distribute +the Larger Work as a single product. In such case, the Recipient must make sure +Subject Software, or portions thereof, included in the Larger Work is subject +to this Agreement. + +J. Notwithstanding any provisions contained herein, Recipient is hereby put on +notice that export of any goods or technical data from the United States may +require some form of export license from the U.S. Government. Failure to obtain +necessary export licenses may result in criminal liability under U.S. laws. +Government Agency neither represents that a license shall not be required nor +that, if required, it shall be issued. Nothing granted herein provides any such +export license. + +DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITIES; WAIVER AND INDEMNIFICATION +A. No Warranty: THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY +WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT +NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE WILL CONFORM TO +SPECIFICATIONS, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A +PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR FREEDOM FROM INFRINGEMENT, ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SUBJECT +SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR FREE, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT DOCUMENTATION, IF PROVIDED, +WILL CONFORM TO THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE. THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT, IN ANY MANNER, +CONSTITUTE AN ENDORSEMENT BY GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR ANY PRIOR RECIPIENT OF ANY +RESULTS, RESULTING DESIGNS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE PRODUCTS OR ANY OTHER +APPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM USE OF THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE. FURTHER, GOVERNMENT +AGENCY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND LIABILITIES REGARDING THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE, +IF PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE, AND DISTRIBUTES IT "AS IS." + +B. Waiver and Indemnity: RECIPIENT AGREES TO WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST +THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, ITS CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS, AS WELL AS +ANY PRIOR RECIPIENT. IF RECIPIENT'S USE OF THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE RESULTS IN ANY +LIABILITIES, DEMANDS, DAMAGES, EXPENSES OR LOSSES ARISING FROM SUCH USE, +INCLUDING ANY DAMAGES FROM PRODUCTS BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM, RECIPIENT'S +USE OF THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE, RECIPIENT SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE +UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, ITS CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS, AS WELL AS ANY +PRIOR RECIPIENT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. RECIPIENT'S SOLE REMEDY FOR +ANY SUCH MATTER SHALL BE THE IMMEDIATE, UNILATERAL TERMINATION OF THIS +AGREEMENT. + +GENERAL TERMS +A. Termination: This Agreement and the rights granted hereunder will terminate +automatically if a Recipient fails to comply with these terms and conditions, +and fails to cure such noncompliance within thirty (30) days of becoming aware +of such noncompliance. Upon termination, a Recipient agrees to immediately +cease use and distribution of the Subject Software. All sublicenses to the +Subject Software properly granted by the breaching Recipient shall survive any +such termination of this Agreement. + +B. Severability: 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. + +C. Applicable Law: This Agreement shall be subject to United States federal law +only for all purposes, including, but not limited to, determining the validity +of this Agreement, the meaning of its provisions and the rights, obligations +and remedies of the parties. + +D. Entire Understanding: This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding +and agreement of the parties relating to release of the Subject Software and +may not be superseded, modified or amended except by further written agreement +duly executed by the parties. + +E. Binding Authority: By accepting and using the Subject Software under this +Agreement, a Recipient affirms its authority to bind the Recipient to all terms +and conditions of this Agreement and that that Recipient hereby agrees to all +terms and conditions herein. + +F. Point of Contact: Any Recipient contact with Government Agency is to be +directed to the designated representative as follows: ___________. + + + + + + |