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                                <p>All of the documentation and software included in the 4.4BSD and 4.4BSD-Lite Releases
                                        is copyrighted by The Regents of the University of California.
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                                <p>Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of
                                        the University of California. All rights reserved.
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                                                        Berkeley and its contributors.</p>
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                                        BSD Networking Software Release, from IEEE Std 1003.1-1988, IEEE Standard Portable
                                        Operating System Interface for Computer Environments (POSIX), copyright C 1988 by the
                                        Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. In the event of any discrepancy
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                                        X3, on Information Processing Systems. Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers
                                        Association (CBEMA), 311 First St., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-2178. The
                                        developmental work of Programming Language C was completed by the X3J11 Technical
                                        Committee.
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                                <p>The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those of the
                                        authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed
                                        or implied, of the Regents of the University of California.
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                                <p><em>NOTE:</em> The copyright of UC Berkeley's Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD")
                                        source has been updated. The copyright addendum may be found at <a
href="ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change">ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change</a>
                                        and is included below.
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                                        <p>July 22, 1999</p>
                                        <p>To All Licensees, Distributors of Any Version of BSD:</p>
                                        <p>As you know, certain of the Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD") source code files
                                                require that further distributions of products containing all or portions of the
                                                software, acknowledge within their advertising materials that such products contain
                                                software developed by UC Berkeley and its contributors.
                                        </p>
                                        <p>Specifically, the provision reads:</p>

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"3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
must display the following acknowledgement:
This product includes software developed by the University of
California, Berkeley and its contributors."
</pre>
                                        <p>Effective immediately, licensees and distributors are no longer required to include
                                                the acknowledgement within advertising materials. Accordingly, the foregoing paragraph of
                                                those BSD Unix files containing it is hereby deleted in its entirety.
                                        </p>
                                        <p>William Hoskins<br>
                                                Director, Office of Technology Licensing<br>
                                                University of California, Berkeley
                                        </p>
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16	<h2><img src="../images/oxygen/text32.png" alt=""> The BSD 4.4 License</h2>
17	<p class="center">Back to <a href="./"><img src="../images/oxygen/legal16.png" alt="">Legal</a></p>
18	<p class="center"><a href="bsd-license.txt">Download Text Version</a></p>
19	<p>All of the documentation and software included in the 4.4BSD and 4.4BSD-Lite Releases
20	is copyrighted by The Regents of the University of California.
21	</p>
22	<p>Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of
23	the University of California. All rights reserved.
24	</p>
25	<p>Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
26	permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
27	</p>
28	<ol>
29	<li>Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
30	conditions and the following disclaimer.
31	</li>
32	<li>Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list
33	of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
34	provided with the distribution.
35	</li>
36	<li>All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display
37	the following acknowledgement:
38	<blockquote><p>This product includes software developed by the University of California,
39	Berkeley and its contributors.</p>
40	</blockquote>
41	</li>
42	<li>Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to
43	endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written
44	permission.
45	</li>
46	</ol>
47	<p>THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
48	IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
49	MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
50	THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
51	EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
52	SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
53	HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
54	TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
55	SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
56	</p>
57	<p>The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American National
58	Standards Committee X3, on Information Processing Systems have given us permission to
59	reprint portions of their documentation.
60	</p>
61	<p>In the following statement, the phrase ``this text'' refers to portions of the system
62	documentation.
63	</p>
64	<p>Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form in the second
65	BSD Networking Software Release, from IEEE Std 1003.1-1988, IEEE Standard Portable
66	Operating System Interface for Computer Environments (POSIX), copyright C 1988 by the
67	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. In the event of any discrepancy
68	between these versions and the original IEEE Standard, the original IEEE Standard is the
69	referee document.
70	</p>
71	<p>In the following statement, the phrase ``This material'' refers to portions of the
72	system documentation.
73	</p>
74	<p>This material is reproduced with permission from American National Standards Committee
75	X3, on Information Processing Systems. Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers
76	Association (CBEMA), 311 First St., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-2178. The
77	developmental work of Programming Language C was completed by the X3J11 Technical
78	Committee.
79	</p>
80	<p>The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those of the
81	authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed
82	or implied, of the Regents of the University of California.
83	</p>
84	<br>
85	<p><em>NOTE:</em> The copyright of UC Berkeley's Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD")
86	source has been updated. The copyright addendum may be found at <a
87	href="ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change">ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change</a>
88	and is included below.
89	</p>
90	<blockquote>
91	<p>July 22, 1999</p>
92	<p>To All Licensees, Distributors of Any Version of BSD:</p>
93	<p>As you know, certain of the Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD") source code files
94	require that further distributions of products containing all or portions of the
95	software, acknowledge within their advertising materials that such products contain
96	software developed by UC Berkeley and its contributors.
97	</p>
98	<p>Specifically, the provision reads:</p>
99
100	<pre style="color: #333;">
101	"3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
102	must display the following acknowledgement:
103	This product includes software developed by the University of
104	California, Berkeley and its contributors."
105	</pre>
106	<p>Effective immediately, licensees and distributors are no longer required to include
107	the acknowledgement within advertising materials. Accordingly, the foregoing paragraph of
108	those BSD Unix files containing it is hereby deleted in its entirety.
109	</p>
110	<p>William Hoskins<br>
111	Director, Office of Technology Licensing<br>
112	University of California, Berkeley
113	</p>
114	</blockquote>
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