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.. _license:
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License and Copyright
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=============================
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This files needs to be updated to reflect what the new COPYING.txt files says about our license and copyright!
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IPython is released under the terms of the BSD license, whose general
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form can be found at: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php. The full text of the
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IPython license is reproduced below::
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IPython is released under a BSD-type license.
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Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Fernando Perez
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<fperez@colorado.edu>.
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Copyright (c) 2001 Janko Hauser <jhauser@zscout.de> and
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Nathaniel Gray <n8gray@caltech.edu>.
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All rights reserved.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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are met:
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a. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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b. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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c. Neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of any
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contributors to this software may be used to endorse or promote
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products derived from this software without specific prior written
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permission.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
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BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
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LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
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CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
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ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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Individual authors are the holders of the copyright for their code and
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are listed in each file.
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Some files (DPyGetOpt.py, for example) may be licensed under different
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conditions. Ultimately each file indicates clearly the conditions under
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which its author/authors have decided to publish the code.
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Versions of IPython up to and including 0.6.3 were released under the
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GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), available at
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http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html.
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