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                      6:    <title>About LON-CAPA</title>
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                      9: <h1><img src="lonIcons/lonlogos.gif" alt="Small LON-CAPA logo"
                     10:      align="right" />About the
                     11: Learning<i>Online</i> Network with CAPA
1.8       harris41   12: (<a href="http://www.lon-capa.org/">LON-CAPA</a>)</h1>
1.6       harris41   13: <p>VERSION: <!-- VERSION --></p>
                     14: <p><font size="+2">Copyright Michigan State University Board of
                     15: Trustees</font></p>
1.1       www        16: 
1.6       harris41   17: <p>&nbsp;</p>
1.1       www        18: 
1.6       harris41   19: <pre>
1.1       www        20:     The LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA)
1.6       harris41   21:     is <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>; you can redistribute it and/or modify
                     22:     it under the terms of the <a href="gpl.txt">GNU General Public License</a> as published by
                     23:     the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/">Free Software Foundation</a>; either version 2 of the License, or
1.1       www        24:     (at your option) any later version.
                     25: 
                     26:     LON-CAPA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
                     27:     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
                     28:     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
                     29:     GNU General Public License for more details.
                     30: 
                     31:     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
                     32:     along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
                     33:     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
1.6       harris41   34: </pre>
1.1       www        35: 
1.6       harris41   36: <h3>Included libraries and packages covered by GNU General or other
                     37: Public Licenses</h3>
1.1       www        38: 
1.6       harris41   39: <ul>
1.14      www        40: <li>Powered by Linux.</li>
                     41: <li>Powered by Apache</li>
                     42: <li>Powered by mod_perl.</li>
                     43: <li>Using MySQL.</li>
                     44: <li>Using LaTeX.</li>
                     45: <li>Using CPAN:
                     46: <pre>
                     47: Algorithm-Diff 1.15 1.11a Algorithm::Diff(*)
                     48: Authen-PAM  0.14 0.14 Authen::PAM(*)
                     49: Crypt-DES 2.03 2.03 Crypt::DES(*)
                     50: Crypt-IDEA 1.01 1.01 Crypt::IDEA(*)
                     51: DBI 1.30 1.20 DBI(*)
                     52: Digest-MD5 2.24 2.24 Digest::MD5(*)
                     53: Event 0.87 0.87 Event(*)
                     54: GD 2.07 2.07 GD(*)
                     55: GD-Barcode 1.14 1.14 GD::Barcode(*)
                     56: GDGraph 1.40 1.40 GD::Graph(*)
                     57: GD-Graph3d 0.63 0.63 GD::Graph3d(*)
                     58: GDTextUtil 0.85 0.85 GD::Text(*)
                     59: HTML-Parser 3.28 3.28 HTML::Parser(*)
                     60: HTML-Tagset 3.03 3.03 HTML::Tagset(*)
                     61: HTML-Tree 3.17 3.17 HTML::Tree(*)
                     62: I18N-LangTags 0.27 0.27 I18N::LangTags(*)
                     63: IO 1.20 1.20 IO(*)
                     64: IO-stringy 2.108 2.108 IO::Stringy(*)
                     65: Krb4 1.1 1.1 Authen::Krb4(*)
                     66: Krb5 1.2 1.2 Authen::Krb5(*)
                     67: libnet 1.12 1.0704 Net::FTP(2.65,2.58)
                     68: libwww-perl 5.69 5.69 LWP(*)
                     69: Locale-Maketext 1.05 1.05 Locale::Maketext(*)
                     70: MailTools 1.58 1.58 Mail::Util(*)
                     71: Math-Cephes 0.367 0.367 Math::Cephes(*)
                     72: Math-FFT 0.25 0.25 Math::FFT(*)
                     73: Math-Random 0.67 0.67 Math::Random(*)
                     74: MIME-Base64 2.12 2.12 MIME::Base64(*)
                     75: MIME-tools 5.411a BETA-5.503 MIME::Tools(*)
                     76: mod_perl 1.27 1.26 mod_perl(*)
                     77: Msql-Mysql-modules 1.2219 1.2216 Mysql::Statement(*)
                     78: Net-PH 2.21 2.21 Net::PH(*)
                     79: Net-SNPP 1.12 1.12 Net::SNPP(*)
                     80: Parse-RecDescent 1.94 1.94 Parse::RecDescent(*)
                     81: PerlMagick 5.47 5.47 Image::Magick(*)
                     82: Pod-POM 0.15 0.15 Pod::POM(*)
                     83: Safe-Hole 0.08 0.08 Safe::Hole(*)
                     84: Spreadsheet-WriteExcel 0.41 0.41 Spreadsheet::WriteExcel(*)
                     85: String-Similarity 0.02 0.02 String::Similarity(*)
                     86: Text-Balanced 1.95 1.95 Text::Balanced(*)
                     87: Text-Query 0.07 0.07 Text::Query(*)
                     88: Text-Query-Advanced 0.05 0.05 Text::Query::Advanced(*)
                     89: Text-Query-Simple 0.03 0.03 Text::Query::Simple(*)
                     90: Time-HiRes 1.48 1.48 Time::HiRes(*)
                     91: </pre>
                     92: </li>
1.6       harris41   93: </ul>
1.1       www        94: 
1.6       harris41   95: <h3>Included library packages not covered by the GNU General Public
                     96: License</h3>
1.1       www        97: 
1.6       harris41   98: <p>
1.14      www        99: <img src="lonIcons/tth.gif" align="right" alt="TtH logo" />
1.6       harris41  100: <a href="http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/tthfunc.html">TtHfunc</a>
                    101: and TtMfunc by <a href="mailto:tth@hutchinson.belmont.ma.us">Ian
                    102: Hutchinson</a>. TtHfunc and TtMfunc (the "Code") may be compiled and
1.1       www       103: linked into binary executable programs or libraries distributed by
1.6       harris41  104: the Michigan State University (the "Licensee"), but any binaries so
1.1       www       105: distributed are hereby licensed only for use in the context of a
                    106: program or computational system for which the Licensee is the primary
                    107: author or distributor, and which performs substantial additional
                    108: tasks beyond the translation of (La)TeX into HTML. The C source of
                    109: the Code may not be distributed by the Licensee to any other parties
1.6       harris41  110: under any circumstances.</p>
1.1       www       111: 
1.9       www       112: <p>
                    113: <pre>
                    114: 
                    115: HTTPi is (C)1998-2001 Cameron Kaiser. All rights reserved.
                    116: 
                    117: ** While HTTPi is free, it is NOT distributed under CopyLeft or GPL. Please **
                    118: ** read on to find out what the differences are. Licenses protect author    **
                    119: ** rights -- please honour them, even with free software packages.          **
                    120: 
                    121: You can modify and tweak HTTPi to your heart's content. You don't need to
                    122: pay me for using it, and you don't need my permission to make changes (though
                    123: I or an authorised maintainer will be the only ones checking code back into
                    124: HTTPi's code base for authorised patches and new versions).
                    125: 
                    126: HTTPi must be free, and any and all distributions and derivatives must
                    127: themselves be free. By free software I do not necessarily mean free in the
                    128: way that Richard Stallman of GNU fame might -- merely that distributions
                    129: be without cost. "Derivatives" shall constitute distributions with code
                    130: added or removed from the base distribution, or distributions that are
                    131: signficantly based on the source code (though may not necessarily include
                    132: the source code itself), in the Author's sole judgement. This means a C port
                    133: of HTTPi is still a derivative, or a Win32 version, or whatever. You do not
                    134: have to provide source code, which is a deviation from GPL.
                    135: 
                    136: You MAY NOT:
                    137: 
                    138: 	* make changes and slap your copyright on the entire package. Your
                    139: 	  copyright extends only to the changes you've made. My copyright,
                    140: 	  and any copyrights asserted by HTTPi's contributors, remain.
                    141: 
                    142: 	* supersede the license agreement here. You may not charge a fee for a
                    143: 	  HTTPi distribution, for example. Derivatives count as distributions.
                    144: 	  This license agreement, therefore, applies IN FULL to any
                    145: 	  distribution or derivative work.
                    146: 
                    147: 	  The exception: you MAY include HTTPi as part of an operating system
                    148: 	  distribution and sell that. Linux dists and FreeBSD dists are okay,
                    149: 	  for example.
                    150: 
                    151: 	  You also MAY NOT place your derivative work under GPL, because that
                    152: 	  is a different, though similar, licensing agreement, and the
                    153: 	  License here does reflect constraints that are mutually exclusive.
                    154: 
                    155: 	* make a distribution of HTTPi that does not include ALL files,
                    156: 	  including this license, and ONLY these files. If not, it is a
                    157: 	  derivative work, and you may NOT call it an official distribution.
                    158: 
                    159: 	* make or distribute a distribution of HTTPi that does not clearly
                    160: 	  state the copyright (i.e.
                    161: 
                    162: Contains or is based on the HTTPi web server
                    163: (C)1998-2001 Cameron Kaiser. All rights reserved.
                    164: http://httpi.floodgap.com/
                    165: 
                    166: 	  would be just about perfect), or make or distribute a derivative of
                    167: 	  HTTPi that does not clearly state the copyright.
                    168: 
                    169: You MUST:
                    170: 
                    171: 	* copyright your derivative works. You may not make them public domain.
                    172: 
                    173: 	* include this LICENSE agreement in any and all derivative
                    174: 	  works you create, as either a separate file or part of your
                    175: 	  non-mutually exclusive license (that is, does not conflict
                    176: 	  with these terms).
                    177: 
                    178: 	* absolve the programmers of HTTPi (including yours truly :-) and
                    179: 	  any contributors) of any liability, real or imagined, and certify
                    180: 	  that you are using this program AT YOUR OWN RISK. While the
                    181: 	  programmers shall endeavour to make HTTPi as bug-free as possible,
                    182: 	  entomological phenomena can and do occur. Such is life.
                    183: 
                    184: 	  If you make a derivative work of HTTPi, you MAY decide that you
                    185: 	  wish to offer warranty support. You may do so, but your doing so
                    186: 	  does in no way make me, the programmers of HTTPi, or anyone else
                    187: 	  liable for the fulfillment of your warranty, and you and the users
                    188: 	  of your derivative work must agree to hold us legally blameless
                    189: 	  under ALL circumstances. (Remember, no mutually exclusive license
                    190: 	  terms in your derivative works, right?)
                    191: 
                    192: Your usage of this program constitutes your binding acceptance of these
                    193: terms. Don't even think about starting HTTPi up on your system if you don't
                    194: agree to follow the terms detailed in this license IN THEIR ENTIRETY. Don't
                    195: even think about modifying it, patching it or distributing it if you don't,
                    196: either. Exceptions to these restrictions must be obtained from me, the
                    197: copyright holder, IN WRITING.
                    198: 
                    199: I reserve the right to interpret this document, and I also reserve the right
                    200: to make license changes without notice effective on issue date. All legal
                    201: issues shall be dealt with in accordance with the State of California, United
                    202: States of America.
                    203: 
                    204: Other than that, have a blast! Keep software free.
                    205: 
                    206: Revised 12/24/2000
                    207: 
                    208: </pre>
                    209: </p>
                    210: 
1.16      www       211: <p>
                    212: <pre>
                    213: htmlArea License (based on BSD license)
1.17      www       214: Copyright (c) 2002-2004, interactivetools.com, inc.
                    215: Copyright (c) 2003-2004 dynarch.com
1.16      www       216: All rights reserved.
                    217: 
                    218: Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
                    219: 
                    220: 1) Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 
                    221: 
                    222: 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. 
                    223: 
                    224: 3) Neither the name of interactivetools.com, inc. nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 
                    225: 
                    226: </pre><tt>
                    227: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "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 THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR 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.
                    228: </tt></p>
1.9       www       229: 
1.6       harris41  230: <h3>History</h3>
1.1       www       231: 
1.21      felicia   232: <p>Based on the CAPA and Lecture<i>Online</i> software systems developed at 
                    233: Michigan State University.</p>
1.1       www       234: 
1.6       harris41  235: <p><img src="lonIcons/capapanel.gif" width="156" height="100" align="bottom" 
                    236:     alt="CAPA logo" />
                    237: <img src="lonIcons/lolpanel.gif" width="121" height="100" align="bottom" 
                    238:  alt="LectureOnline logo" />
                    239: </p>
1.1       www       240: 
1.14      www       241: <h3><img src="lonDomLogos/msu.gif"
1.6       harris41  242: align="right" alt="Michigan State University logo" />Support</h3>
1.1       www       243: 
1.14      www       244: <p>Development of LON-CAPA is sponsored by Michigan State
                    245: University</p>
1.1       www       246: 
1.6       harris41  247: <p>
1.14      www       248: Additional support by the National Science Foundation under
1.6       harris41  249: <a href="https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0085921">NSF
                    250: ITR 85921</a>. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or
1.1       www       251: recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s)
                    252: and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science
1.6       harris41  253: Foundation.</p>
1.1       www       254: 
1.6       harris41  255: <p>Contributing support by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the
                    256: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.</p>
1.1       www       257: 
1.6       harris41  258: <h3>Code Contributors to Date</h3>
1.1       www       259: 
1.20      albertel  260: <p>Guy Albertelli II, Guy Askenazi, Ray Batchelor,
1.21      felicia   261: Richard Banghart, Felicia Berryman, Jeremy Bowers, Ron Fox, Matthew Hall, 
1.11      harris41  262: Harsha Jagasia, Robert McQueen, Gerd Kortemeyer,
1.13      www       263: Mark Lucas, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, 
1.18      www       264: Hon-Kie Ng, Stuart Raeburn,
                    265: Alexander Sakharuk, Jason Stredwick,
1.21      felicia   266: Martin Siegert, Joshua Tacey, Yihjia Tsai, Benjamin Tyszka, Angela VanDuinen, Suzanne Webb, Jay-Lynn Williams, 
1.18      www       267: and others.</p>
1.1       www       268: 
1.15      albertel  269: <h3>Translations By</h3>
                    270: <ul>
1.22    ! felicia   271:    <li>Arabic: Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli </li>
        !           272:    <li>French: Chaden Djalali </li>
1.15      albertel  273:    <li>German: Gerd Kortemeyer </li>
                    274:    <li>Japanese: Minoru Akiyama </li>
1.22    ! felicia   275:    <li>Persian: Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli </li> 
1.15      albertel  276:    <li>Portugese: Ricardo Kulzer </li>
1.22    ! felicia   277:    <li>Russian: Alex Sakharuk </li>
        !           278:    <li>Turkish: Gunay Bayrak </li>
1.15      albertel  279: </ul>
                    280:    
1.6       harris41  281: <h3>Additional Contributors</h3>
1.1       www       282: 
1.6       harris41  283: <p>Wolfgang Bauer, Walt Benenson, Ed Kashy, Jim Linnemann.</p>
1.1       www       284: 
1.6       harris41  285: <p>
                    286: <a href="http://www.smete.org/">
1.14      www       287: <img src="lonIcons/SMETE_white.gif" border="0"
                    288:  align="bottom" alt="SMETE logo" /></a>
                    289: <a href="http://www.nsdl.org/">
                    290: <img src="lonDomLogos/nsdl.gif" border="0"
                    291:  align="bottom" alt="NSDL logo" /></a></p>
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