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aLinux™ is Copyright © 2010 Jay L. Klepacs All Rights Reserved. All documentation created for aLinux™ is Copyright (c) 1996 Jay L. Klepacs All Rights Reserved.

aLinux™ is currently distributed by the Author as FPD so is not completely free under the terms of the GNU / GPL - General Public License for modifying as stateted below.

iMatix Corporation: Freeware for end-users: See: http://legacy.imatix.com/html/xitami/license.html

Everything else in aLinux™ is believed to be Open Source (FREE), to do whatever you like with the "source code" or programs "binary". Each package contains an abbreviation for the Copyright: directive to indicate the general catagory of contingencies, if any, are associated with the use and mode of distribution of the source, binaries, or other components from the original package. Often the source has enclosed wording that describes both copyright and license policies (or lack of either).


PDC Public Domain Code (no copyright, no license, no legalize, no no thing, just the code...)

GPL Gnu Public License

FPD Free Public Distribution (not specifically GPL but may have some copyrights or other contingencies attached, but the entire work is freely distributable with retained notices)

UCB University of California Berkeley copyright


MIT MIT copyright


Other restrictions may apply to packages resourced at primary Linux distribution sites. See http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/info.for.cdrom.vendors for more.


Examples of the some of the copyrights are:

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GPL
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see the COPYING.TXT file


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UCB
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This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors:

Copyright (c) 1980,1983,1986,1988,1990,1991 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement:
This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors.
4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTA BILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REG ENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLAR Y, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CA USED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (I NCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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