Dear OGS-developers,
from now on the source code on the OGS-6 repository has a software license. The license text is the following:
Copyright (c) 2012, OpenGeoSys Community ([http://www.opengeosys.net](http://www.opengeosys.net))
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 OpenGeoSys Community.
4. Neither the name of the OpenGeoSys Community nor the
names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
5. Attribute the OpenGeoSys Community, preferably citing an appropriate
paper listed on the OpenGeoSys Community homepage:
[http://www.opengeosys.net/papers](http://www.opengeosys.net/papers)
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenGeoSys Community ''AS IS'' AND ANY
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenGeoSys Community BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
This is a modified 4-clause BSD license with the fifth point added by us. This will greatly help us to justify the name OPEN-GeoSys. Hopefully the mentioned new OGS homepage will be up and running in the near future.
If you are interested in all the changes to the code see this commit:
[https://github.com/ufz/ogs/commit/00a981a343fe1369bbbbc8f430438eae153e9440](https://github.com/ufz/ogs/commit/00a981a343fe1369bbbbc8f430438eae153e9440)
Cheers,
Lars.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Lars Bilke
Visualisierungszentrum / Umweltinformatik
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig
Telefon: +49 (0)341 235-1881
Email: lars.bilke@ufz.de
[http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=14171](http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=14171)
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