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<DIV>I am starting to write larger chunks of code and wondering what copyright
and licensing I should include. Any suggestions welcome. (In Canada
copyright rests with the author unless it is relinquished.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Most XS code has something like:</DIV>
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<DIV># Copyright 2007, One Laptop per Child</DIV>
<DIV># Author: John Watlington</DIV>
<DIV>#</DIV>
<DIV># This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or</DIV>
<DIV># modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License</DIV>
<DIV># as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2</DIV>
<DIV># of the License, or (at your option) any later version.</DIV>
<DIV>#</DIV>
<DIV># This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,</DIV>
<DIV># but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of</DIV>
<DIV># MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the</DIV>
<DIV># GNU General Public License for more details.</DIV>
<DIV>#</DIV>
<DIV># You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public</DIV>
<DIV># License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software</DIV>
<DIV># Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA</DIV>
<DIV># 02111-1307, USA.</DIV>
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<DIV>IIAB has:</DIV>
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<DIV>This software is licensed with the BSD 2-clause license</DIV>
<DIV>(See <A
href="http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)">http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Copyright (c) 2013, Humane Informatics LLC</DIV>
<DIV>All rights reserved.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without</DIV>
<DIV>modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Redistributions of source code must retain the above
copyright notice, this</DIV>
<DIV>list of conditions and the following disclaimer.</DIV>
<DIV> Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
copyright notice,</DIV>
<DIV>this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation</DIV>
<DIV>and/or other materials provided with the distribution.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND</DIV>
<DIV>ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED</DIV>
<DIV>WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE</DIV>
<DIV>DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE</DIV>
<DIV>FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL</DIV>
<DIV>DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
OR</DIV>
<DIV>SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER</DIV>
<DIV>CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY,</DIV>
<DIV>OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
USE</DIV>
<DIV>OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.</DIV>
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