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| 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 |
| 19 described in clear, concise terms at: |
| 20 |
| 21 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License |
| 22 |
| 23 The full text of the MIT License follows: |
| 24 |
| 25 ======================================================================== |
| 26 Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Baptiste Lepilleur |
| 27 |
| 28 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person |
| 29 obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation |
| 30 files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without |
| 31 restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, |
| 32 modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies |
| 33 of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is |
| 34 furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: |
| 35 |
| 36 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be |
| 37 included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. |
| 38 |
| 39 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, |
| 40 EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF |
| 41 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND |
| 42 NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS |
| 43 BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN |
| 44 ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN |
| 45 CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE |
| 46 SOFTWARE. |
| 47 ======================================================================== |
| 48 (END LICENSE TEXT) |
| 49 |
| 50 The MIT license is compatible with both the GPL and commercial |
| 51 software, affording one all of the rights of Public Domain with the |
| 52 minor nuisance of being required to keep the above copyright notice |
| 53 and license text in the source code. Note also that by accepting the |
| 54 Public Domain "license" you can re-license your copy using whatever |
| 55 license you like. |
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