Introduction

Starting with 2.0, GSBase is licensed under an Apache style license. The full contents of this license are below.

Prior to 2.0, GSBase was licensed under the LGPL. This change in license was done to ensure that GSBase could be used by the greatest number of projects possible. There is a fair bit of general confusion about the viral nature of the LGPL so the license for GSBase has been changed to one that is generally better understood.

The GSBase License Agreement

The GSBase Software License, Version 1.0

Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 Gargoyle Software Inc. 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. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment:
    "This product includes software developed by Gargoyle Software Inc. (http://www.GargoyleSoftware.com/)."
    Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
  4. The name "Gargoyle Software" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact info@GargoyleSoftware.com.
  5. Products derived from this software may not be called "GSBase", nor may "GSBase" appear in their name, without prior written permission of Gargoyle Software Inc.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED 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 APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR ITS 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.

Contributions

This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals on behalf of Gargoyle Software Inc. For more information on Gargoyle Software Inc., please see www.GargoyleSoftware.com.