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## 5. X/MIT Licenses

Some forms of the X/MIT licenses require that the copyright and license notices be reproduced in supporting documentation. Copyright notices are included here, grouped with the applicable license notices.

### 5.1. MIT

This is the form of the MIT licence that was used with X11R5. A lot of contributors to XFree86 have adopted this license.

Copyright (C) <date> <Copyright Holder>

Copyright (C) 1984-1989, 1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Copyright (C) 2003 Eric Anholt
Copyright (C) 2002 Apple Computer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 1988 AT&T. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 1992 by Robert Baron
Copyright (C) 1996-1998 by David Bateman <dbateman@ee.uts.edu.au>
Copyright (C) 1988 Bitstream, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Copyright (C) 2001 by Stephen Blackheath
Copyright (C) 1993 by Jon Block <block@frc.com>
Copyright (C) 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1998 by Concurrent Computer Corporation
Copyright (C) 1994-2000 by Robin Cutshaw
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 2002 by David Dawes
Copyright (C) 2000 by Egbert Eich
Copyright (C) 2002 by Paul Elliott
Copyright (C) 1987-1994 by Digital Equipment Corporation
Copyright (C) 1988 by Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation. All Rights Reserved
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994 by FUJITSU LIMITED
Copyright (C) 2003 by Bryan W. Headley.
Copyright (C) 2000 by Richard A. Hecker, California, United States
Copyright (C) 2002 Hewlett Packard Company, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1997 Matthieu Herrb
Copyright (C) 2000 Christian Herzog
Copyright (C) 1999 by David Holland
Copyright (C) 1992-2004 by Alan Hourihane
Copyright (C) 2000 Roland Jansen
Copyright (C) 2001 by J. Kean Johnston
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Ani Joshi
Copyright (C) 2000 by Rainer Keller
Copyright (C) 1999-2003 by Peter Kunzmann, Citron GmbH, Germany.
Copyright (C) 1994 through 2004 by Marc Aurele La France (TSI @ UQV), tsi@xfree86.org
Copyright (C) 1996 by Steven Lang
Copyright (C) 1995, 1999 by Patrick Lecoanet, France.
Copyright (C) 2001 by Patrick LERDA
Copyright (C) 2000 Tuomas J. Lukka
Copyright (C) 2000-2001 by Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Torrey T. Lyons. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 1996, 1998 by Sebastien Marineau
Copyright (C) 1984-1989, 1991, 1993 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Copyright (C) 1993 by David McCullough
Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Metro Link, Inc.
Copyright (C) MontaVista Software Inc.
Copyright (C) 1993, 1996, 1999 by Thomas Mueller
Copyright (C) 1992 by Rich Murphey
Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 NCR Corporation - Dayton, Ohio, USA
Copyright (C) 1989-1995 Network Computing Devices;
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 by NTT Software Corporation
Copyright (C) 1998 by Number Nine Visual Technology, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 by OMRON Corporation
Copyright (C) 1991 by the Open Software Foundation
Copyright (C) 1998-2002 Keith Packard
Copyright (C) 1997 Takis Psarogiannakopoulos, Cambridge, UK
Copyright (C) 1993 Quarterdeck Office Systems
Copyright (C) 2002 by Red Hat Inc.
Copyright (C) 1990,91 by Thomas Roell, Dinkelscherben, Germany.
Copyright (C) 1989 Dale Schumacher
Copyright (C) 1993-1997 by Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
Copyright (C) 2002 Manish Singh
Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 by Sony Corporation
Copyright (C) 1988 SRI
Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2000 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 SuSE, Inc.
Copyright (C) 2002 by SuSE Linux AG
Copyright (C) 1993-2004 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1999-2001 by Thomas Thanner, Citron GmbH, Germany.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 by TOSHIBA Corp.
Copyright (C) 1992 by Jim Tsillas
Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 by UCHIYAMA Yasushi
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 1994, 1996 by Holger Veit
Copyright (C) 1992 Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Copyright (C) 1993 by David Wexelblat
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Thomas Winischhofer, Vienna, Austria.
Copyright (C) 1993 by Thomas Wolfram, Berlin, Germany.
Copyright (C) 1996 X Consortium, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1998 by Kazutaka YOKOTA
Copyright (C) 1992 by Orest Zborowski

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of the copyright holders not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission. The copyright holders makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

### 5.2. The Open Group

This is the license that The Open Group applied after the post X11R6.4 license restoration.

Copyright (C) 1991, 1996 Digital Equipment Corp.
Copyright (C) 1996 Fujitsu Limited
Copyright (C) 1996 Hewlett-Packard Company
Copyright (C) 1996 Hitachi, Ltd.
Copyright (C) 1996 International Business Machines Corp.
Copyright (C) 1990, Network Computing Devices
Copyright (C) 1996 Novell, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1987, 1996, 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright (C) 1990, Tektronix Inc.
Copyright (C) 1985-1998 The Open Group
Copyright (C) 2000 The XFree86 Project, Inc.

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of copyright holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the copyright holders.

### 5.3. X Consortium

This is an intermediate form of the X Consortium license, and is essentially the same as the XFree86 1.0 license.

Copyright (C) <date> X Consortium

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.

X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc.

### 5.4. Nokia

Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 - Nokia Home Communications
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 - The XFree86 Project Inc.
Copyright (C) 2000 VA Linux Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies of the Software and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.

### 5.5. Tektronix, Inc

Code and supporting documentation (c) Copyright 1990 1991 Tektronix, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

This file is a component of an X Window System-specific implementation of Xcms based on the TekColor Color Management System. Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, sell, and otherwise distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee, provided that this copyright, permission, and disclaimer notice is reproduced in all copies of this software and in supporting documentation. TekColor is a trademark of Tektronix, Inc.

Tektronix makes no representation about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" and with all faults.

TEKTRONIX DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES APPLICABLE TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL TEKTRONIX BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

### 5.6. Digital Equipment Corporation (1)

Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 by Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
Copyright (C) 1998, 1989 by Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California.
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 Network Computing Devices
Copyright (C) 1993 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mountain View, CA.
Copyright (C) 1988 by Wyse Technology, Inc., San Jose, Ca

All Rights Reserved

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of the copyright holders not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.

THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

### 5.7. IBM

Copyright International Business Machines,Corp. 1991
All Rights Reserved

License to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that licensee provides a license to IBM, Corp. to use, copy, modify, and distribute derivative works and their documentation for any purpose and without fee, that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of IBM not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.

IBM PROVIDES THIS SOFTWARE "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ANY DUTY TO SUPPORT OR MAINTAIN, BELONGS TO THE LICENSEE. SHOULD ANY PORTION OF THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, THE LICENSEE (NOT IBM) ASSUMES THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL SERVICING, REPAIR AND CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT SHALL IBM BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

### 5.8. Adobe

(c) Copyright 1989-1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
All rights reserved.

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sublicense this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notices appear in all copies and that both those copyright notices and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation and that the name of Adobe Systems Incorporated not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission. No trademark license to use the Adobe trademarks is hereby granted. If the Adobe trademark "Display PostScript"(tm) is used to describe this software, its functionality or for any other purpose, such use shall be limited to a statement that this software works in conjunction with the Display PostScript system. Proper trademark attribution to reflect Adobe's ownership of the trademark shall be given whenever any such reference to the Display PostScript system is made.

ADOBE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE SOFTWARE FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. ADOBE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON- INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ADOBE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. ADOBE WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY TRAINING OR OTHER SUPPORT FOR THE SOFTWARE.

Adobe, PostScript, and Display PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions

### 5.9. Silicon Graphics, Inc.

(c) Copyright 1993, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of Silicon Graphics, Inc. not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.

THE MATERIAL EMBODIED ON THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF USE, SAVINGS OR REVENUE, OR THE CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES, WHETHER OR NOT SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE POSSESSION, USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

### 5.10. Digital Equipment Corporation (2)

Copyright 1987-1993 Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
All Rights Reserved.

THE INFORMATION IN THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION. DIGITAL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS SUPPLIED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY.

IF THE SOFTWARE IS MODIFIED IN A MANNER CREATING DERIVATIVE COPYRIGHT RIGHTS, APPROPRIATE LEGENDS MAY BE PLACED ON THE DERIVATIVE WORK IN ADDITION TO THAT SET FORTH ABOVE.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of Digital Equipment Corporation not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.

### 5.11. XFree86 License (version 1.0)

Copyright (C) 1994-2004 The XFree86 Project, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the XFree86 Project.

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