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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>
1.26    ! www        45: <li>Using CPAN.</li>
        !            46: <li>Using MAXIMA.</li>
        !            47: <li>Using Dragmath.</li>
1.6       harris41   48: </ul>
1.1       www        49: 
1.6       harris41   50: <h3>Included library packages not covered by the GNU General Public
                     51: License</h3>
1.1       www        52: 
1.6       harris41   53: <p>
1.14      www        54: <img src="lonIcons/tth.gif" align="right" alt="TtH logo" />
1.6       harris41   55: <a href="http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/tthfunc.html">TtHfunc</a>
                     56: and TtMfunc by <a href="mailto:tth@hutchinson.belmont.ma.us">Ian
                     57: Hutchinson</a>. TtHfunc and TtMfunc (the "Code") may be compiled and
1.1       www        58: linked into binary executable programs or libraries distributed by
1.6       harris41   59: the Michigan State University (the "Licensee"), but any binaries so
1.1       www        60: distributed are hereby licensed only for use in the context of a
                     61: program or computational system for which the Licensee is the primary
                     62: author or distributor, and which performs substantial additional
                     63: tasks beyond the translation of (La)TeX into HTML. The C source of
                     64: the Code may not be distributed by the Licensee to any other parties
1.6       harris41   65: under any circumstances.</p>
1.1       www        66: 
1.9       www        67: <p>
                     68: <pre>
                     69: 
                     70: HTTPi is (C)1998-2001 Cameron Kaiser. All rights reserved.
                     71: 
                     72: ** While HTTPi is free, it is NOT distributed under CopyLeft or GPL. Please **
                     73: ** read on to find out what the differences are. Licenses protect author    **
                     74: ** rights -- please honour them, even with free software packages.          **
                     75: 
                     76: You can modify and tweak HTTPi to your heart's content. You don't need to
                     77: pay me for using it, and you don't need my permission to make changes (though
                     78: I or an authorised maintainer will be the only ones checking code back into
                     79: HTTPi's code base for authorised patches and new versions).
                     80: 
                     81: HTTPi must be free, and any and all distributions and derivatives must
                     82: themselves be free. By free software I do not necessarily mean free in the
                     83: way that Richard Stallman of GNU fame might -- merely that distributions
                     84: be without cost. "Derivatives" shall constitute distributions with code
                     85: added or removed from the base distribution, or distributions that are
                     86: signficantly based on the source code (though may not necessarily include
                     87: the source code itself), in the Author's sole judgement. This means a C port
                     88: of HTTPi is still a derivative, or a Win32 version, or whatever. You do not
                     89: have to provide source code, which is a deviation from GPL.
                     90: 
                     91: You MAY NOT:
                     92: 
                     93: 	* make changes and slap your copyright on the entire package. Your
                     94: 	  copyright extends only to the changes you've made. My copyright,
                     95: 	  and any copyrights asserted by HTTPi's contributors, remain.
                     96: 
                     97: 	* supersede the license agreement here. You may not charge a fee for a
                     98: 	  HTTPi distribution, for example. Derivatives count as distributions.
                     99: 	  This license agreement, therefore, applies IN FULL to any
                    100: 	  distribution or derivative work.
                    101: 
                    102: 	  The exception: you MAY include HTTPi as part of an operating system
                    103: 	  distribution and sell that. Linux dists and FreeBSD dists are okay,
                    104: 	  for example.
                    105: 
                    106: 	  You also MAY NOT place your derivative work under GPL, because that
                    107: 	  is a different, though similar, licensing agreement, and the
                    108: 	  License here does reflect constraints that are mutually exclusive.
                    109: 
                    110: 	* make a distribution of HTTPi that does not include ALL files,
                    111: 	  including this license, and ONLY these files. If not, it is a
                    112: 	  derivative work, and you may NOT call it an official distribution.
                    113: 
                    114: 	* make or distribute a distribution of HTTPi that does not clearly
                    115: 	  state the copyright (i.e.
                    116: 
                    117: Contains or is based on the HTTPi web server
                    118: (C)1998-2001 Cameron Kaiser. All rights reserved.
                    119: http://httpi.floodgap.com/
                    120: 
                    121: 	  would be just about perfect), or make or distribute a derivative of
                    122: 	  HTTPi that does not clearly state the copyright.
                    123: 
                    124: You MUST:
                    125: 
                    126: 	* copyright your derivative works. You may not make them public domain.
                    127: 
                    128: 	* include this LICENSE agreement in any and all derivative
                    129: 	  works you create, as either a separate file or part of your
                    130: 	  non-mutually exclusive license (that is, does not conflict
                    131: 	  with these terms).
                    132: 
                    133: 	* absolve the programmers of HTTPi (including yours truly :-) and
                    134: 	  any contributors) of any liability, real or imagined, and certify
                    135: 	  that you are using this program AT YOUR OWN RISK. While the
                    136: 	  programmers shall endeavour to make HTTPi as bug-free as possible,
                    137: 	  entomological phenomena can and do occur. Such is life.
                    138: 
                    139: 	  If you make a derivative work of HTTPi, you MAY decide that you
                    140: 	  wish to offer warranty support. You may do so, but your doing so
                    141: 	  does in no way make me, the programmers of HTTPi, or anyone else
                    142: 	  liable for the fulfillment of your warranty, and you and the users
                    143: 	  of your derivative work must agree to hold us legally blameless
                    144: 	  under ALL circumstances. (Remember, no mutually exclusive license
                    145: 	  terms in your derivative works, right?)
                    146: 
                    147: Your usage of this program constitutes your binding acceptance of these
                    148: terms. Don't even think about starting HTTPi up on your system if you don't
                    149: agree to follow the terms detailed in this license IN THEIR ENTIRETY. Don't
                    150: even think about modifying it, patching it or distributing it if you don't,
                    151: either. Exceptions to these restrictions must be obtained from me, the
                    152: copyright holder, IN WRITING.
                    153: 
                    154: I reserve the right to interpret this document, and I also reserve the right
                    155: to make license changes without notice effective on issue date. All legal
                    156: issues shall be dealt with in accordance with the State of California, United
                    157: States of America.
                    158: 
                    159: Other than that, have a blast! Keep software free.
                    160: 
                    161: Revised 12/24/2000
                    162: 
                    163: </pre>
                    164: </p>
                    165: 
1.24      www       166: <p>The
                    167: <a href="http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library">Tango icons</a> are covered by the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/">Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license</a>. 
                    168: </p>
1.6       harris41  169: <h3>History</h3>
1.1       www       170: 
1.21      felicia   171: <p>Based on the CAPA and Lecture<i>Online</i> software systems developed at 
                    172: Michigan State University.</p>
1.1       www       173: 
1.6       harris41  174: <p><img src="lonIcons/capapanel.gif" width="156" height="100" align="bottom" 
                    175:     alt="CAPA logo" />
                    176: <img src="lonIcons/lolpanel.gif" width="121" height="100" align="bottom" 
                    177:  alt="LectureOnline logo" />
                    178: </p>
1.1       www       179: 
1.14      www       180: <h3><img src="lonDomLogos/msu.gif"
1.6       harris41  181: align="right" alt="Michigan State University logo" />Support</h3>
1.1       www       182: 
1.14      www       183: <p>Development of LON-CAPA is sponsored by Michigan State
1.26    ! www       184: University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Simon Fraser University.</p>
1.1       www       185: 
1.6       harris41  186: <p>
1.14      www       187: Additional support by the National Science Foundation under
1.6       harris41  188: <a href="https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0085921">NSF
                    189: ITR 85921</a>. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or
1.1       www       190: recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s)
                    191: and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science
1.6       harris41  192: Foundation.</p>
1.1       www       193: 
1.6       harris41  194: <p>Contributing support by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the
                    195: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.</p>
1.1       www       196: 
1.6       harris41  197: <h3>Code Contributors to Date</h3>
1.1       www       198: 
1.20      albertel  199: <p>Guy Albertelli II, Guy Askenazi, Ray Batchelor,
1.26    ! www       200: Richard Banghart, Felicia Berryman, Stefan Bisitz, Jeremy Bowers, Phil Fazio, Ron Fox,
1.25      albertel  201: Matthew Hall, Harsha Jagasia, Robert McQueen, Gerd Kortemeyer,
1.13      www       202: Mark Lucas, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, 
1.26    ! www       203: Hon-Kie Ng, Stuart Raeburn, Peter Riegler,
1.18      www       204: Alexander Sakharuk, Jason Stredwick,
1.21      felicia   205: Martin Siegert, Joshua Tacey, Yihjia Tsai, Benjamin Tyszka, Angela VanDuinen, Suzanne Webb, Jay-Lynn Williams, 
1.18      www       206: and others.</p>
1.1       www       207: 
1.15      albertel  208: <h3>Translations By</h3>
                    209: <ul>
1.26    ! www       210:    <li>Arabic: Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli</li>
        !           211:    <li>French: Chaden Djalali</li>
1.23      www       212:    <li>German: Stefan Bisitz, Gerd Kortemeyer </li>
1.15      albertel  213:    <li>Japanese: Minoru Akiyama </li>
1.22      felicia   214:    <li>Persian: Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli </li> 
1.26    ! www       215:    <li>Portugese: Ricardo Kulzer, Emerson Cruz</li>
        !           216:    <li>Russian: Alex Sakharuk</li>
        !           217:    <li>Spanish: Ruben Martin</li>
        !           218:    <li>Turkish: Gunay Bayrak</li>
1.15      albertel  219: </ul>
                    220:    
1.6       harris41  221: <h3>Additional Contributors</h3>
1.1       www       222: 
1.6       harris41  223: <p>Wolfgang Bauer, Walt Benenson, Ed Kashy, Jim Linnemann.</p>
1.1       www       224: 
1.6       harris41  225: <p>
                    226: <a href="http://www.smete.org/">
1.14      www       227: <img src="lonIcons/SMETE_white.gif" border="0"
                    228:  align="bottom" alt="SMETE logo" /></a>
                    229: <a href="http://www.nsdl.org/">
                    230: <img src="lonDomLogos/nsdl.gif" border="0"
                    231:  align="bottom" alt="NSDL logo" /></a></p>
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