Change in Loom Licensing Terms.

The Loom team is pleased to announce a change in the Loom licensing  
terms.

Loom is now available under an open source license, the details of which
are included below.  The source files on the web site have been updated  
to
reflect the new license terms but are otherwise unchanged.

In particular, this license change affects the commercial use of Loom,
which no longer requires a separate license.

Thomas A. Russ, Ph.D.  Senior Research Scientist             [email protected]
USC/Information Sciences Institute              WWW:  http://www.isi.edu
4676 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292              (310) 448-8775

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LOOM Public License

Copyright (c) 2003 University of Southern California.
All Rights Reserved.

1) The "SOFTWARE", below, refers to the LOOM software (in either
    source-code, or binary form) and a "work based on the SOFTWARE" means
    a work based on either the SOFTWARE, on part of the SOFTWARE, or on
    any derivative work of the SOFTWARE under copyright law: that is, a
    work containing all or a portion of the SOFTWARE either verbatim or
    with modifications.  Each licensee is addressed as "you" or
    "LICENSEE".

2) The University of Southern California on behalf of its Information
    Sciences Institute having an address of 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite
    1001, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 is the copyright holder in the
    SOFTWARE.  The copyright holder reserve all rights except those
    expressly granted to the LICENSEE herein and U.S. Government license
    rights.

3) A copy or copies of the SOFTWARE may be given to others, if you meet
    the following conditions:

    a) Copies in source code must include the copyright notice and this
       license.

    b) Copies in binary form must include the copyright notice and this
       license in the documentation and/or other materials provided with
       the copy.

4) All advertising materials, journal articles and documentation
    mentioning features derived from or use of the SOFTWARE must display
    the following acknowledgement:

    "This product includes software developed by and/or derived from the
    LOOM project (http://www.isi.edu/isd/LOOM/LOOM-HOME.html)."

    In the event that the product being advertised includes an intact
    distribution (with copyright and license included) then this clause
    is waived.

5) You are encouraged to package modifications to the SOFTWARE
    separately, as patches to the SOFTWARE.

6) If you modify a copy or copies of the SOFTWARE or any portion of it,
    thus forming a work based on the SOFTWARE, and give a copy or copies
    of such work to others, either in source code or binary form, you
    must meet the following conditions:

    a) The SOFTWARE must carry prominent notices stating that you changed
       specified portions of the SOFTWARE.

    b) The SOFTWARE must display the following acknowledgement:

       "This product includes software developed by and/or derived from
       the LOOM Project (http://www.isi.edu/isd/LOOM/LOOM-HOME.html) to
       which the U.S. Government retains certain rights."

7) LICENSEE AGREES THAT THE EXPORT OF GOODS AND/OR TECHNICAL DATA FROM
    THE UNITED STATES MAY REQUIRE SOME FORM OF EXPORT CONTROL LICENSE
    FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THAT FAILURE TO OBTAIN SUCH EXPORT
    CONTROL LICENSE MAY RESULT IN CRIMINAL LIABILITY UNDER U.S. LAW.

8) Portions of the SOFTWARE resulted from work developed under a
    U.S. Government contract and are subject to the following license:
    the Government is granted for itself and others acting on its behalf
    a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in this
    SOFTWARE to reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly
    and display publicly.

9) The SOFTWARE was prepared, in part, as an account of work sponsored
    by an agency of the United States Government.  Neither the United
    States, nor the University of Southern California, nor any of their
    employees, makes any warranty express or implied, or assumes any
    legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or
    usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process
    disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately
    owned rights.

10) IN NO EVENT WILL THE UNITED STATES OR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
     CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
     SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM EXERCISE OF THIS
     LICENSE AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE.

11) THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
     "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
     LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS
     FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE ARE DISCLAIMED.  THE UNIVERSITY OF
     SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE SOFTWARE,
     MODIFICATIONS, ENHANCEMENTS OR DERIVATIVE WORKS THEREOF, WILL NOT
     INFRINGE ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADE SECRET OR OTHER PROPRIETARY
     RIGHT.

                               END OF LICENSE

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