Mihai's Software License Page


I have decided to use a BSD-style license for all my work. I think it provides the most freedom (more than GPL, in my opinion), to anyone who wants to use my source code.

Copyright (c) 1999-2009 Mihai Christodorescu. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, are permitted provided that the
following 3 (three) 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 name of Mihai Christodorescu may not be used to endorse
   or promote products derived from this software without
   specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE MIHAI CHRISTODORESCU ``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 MIHAI CHRISTODORESCU 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 license is compliant with the Open-Source License definition, as found at http://www.opensource.org/osd.html . You can find more about open-source licensing at the following sites:

History
3 Dec 2000  Modification of license:
Removed one of the conditions, that read as follows:
All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by Mihai Christodorescu.
22 Nov 2000  Modified formatting
24 Dec 1998  Created

Copyright 1998-2005 Mihai Christodorescu. All rights reserved.
Maintained by Mihai Christodorescu (http://mihai.christodorescu.org).
Created: Mon Dec 21 21:12:13 PST 1998
Last modified: Sat Oct 1 23:06:37 CDT 2005