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<font><font face="Times New Roman">To Whom it May Concern:<br>
<br>
On August 2, 2006, I submitted a "Legal analysis of license for
approval" to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:license-approval@opensource.org">license-approval@opensource.org</a> for our license, entitled
"BSD License (with express disclaimer of noninfringement added)." This
email is intended to address all other information requirements for</font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"> OSI approval of a license. </font><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i><br>
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<font> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">The existing OSI-approved BSD
license
is most similar to our proposed license, but the BSD license will not
suffice because one of our contributors insists upon an express
disclaimer of noninfringement.<span style=""> </span>For this reason,
we have modified the BSD license by adding the word, “NONINFRINGMENT”
after the word, “MERCHANTABILITY” in the first sentence of the final
paragraph of the license.</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Redistribution, with or
without modification, is permitted, so long as copyright recognized,
liability disclaimed and contributor names not used to endorse. We are
unaware of licenses that are entirely incompatible with out proposed
license, but there may be some such licenses.</span><br>
<font><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p>
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<font> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">The plain text version of our
proposed
license is reprinted below, in its entirety:</li>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">OWNER = the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), with contributions from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ohio</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and Silicon
Graphics (the "Contributors")<br>
YEAR = 2006<o:p></o:p></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style=""><font>A.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font>VAPOR software<span
style=""> </span>- Copyright </font></span><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font>(c)</font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<font>2006 UCAR.<span style=""> </span>All rights reserved.<o:p></o:p></font></span></b><!--[endif]--></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style=""><font>B.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font>Contributions to VAPOR
software:<br>
1. OSU Flow Integration Library - Copyright </font></span><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font>(c)</font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font> 2006 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ohio</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<span
style=""> </span>All rights reserved.<br>
2. GLEW software - Copyright </font></span><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font>(c)</font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<font>2002-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All
Rights Reserved.<o:p></o:p></font></span></b><!--[endif]--></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font>Redistribution
and
use
in source
and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided
that the
following conditions are met:<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<b><font> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Redistributions of source
code must
retain the above copyright notices, as included in the source code,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">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.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Neither the name of the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research nor the names of its Contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.</li>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font>THIS
SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS
FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><font></font></o:p></span></p>
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Confidential Communication
If this communication was received in error please disregard and delete immediately.
Sarah Forsythe Pritchard
Associate General Counsel
UCAR/NCAR
1850 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder, CO 80305
303-497-8564 (voice)
303-497-8501 (fax)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sarahp@ucar.edu">sarahp@ucar.edu</a>
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