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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>
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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: <p><img src="http://www.linux.org/info/images/officialpenguin.gif"
                     40:     alt="Penguin logo" align="right" />Powered
                     41: by Linux.</p>
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                     44:     alt="Powered by Apache logo" align="bottom" />
                     45: </p>
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1.6       harris41   47: <p><img src="http://www.mysql.com/images/interface-logo.gif"
                     48:     alt="MySQL interface logo" align="bottom" /></p>
1.1       www        49: 
1.6       harris41   50: <p><img src="http://www.modperl.com/images/mod_perl.gif" align="bottom"
                     51:     alt="mod_perl logo" /></p>
1.1       www        52: 
1.6       harris41   53: <p><img src="lonIcons/latex.gif" align="bottom" alt="LaTeX logo" /></p>
1.1       www        54: 
1.6       harris41   55: <ul>
                     56:    <li>Math-Cephes<br />
                     57:    Stephen Moshier, Randy Kobes</li>
1.1       www        58:    
1.6       harris41   59:    <li>Math-Random<br />
                     60:    John Venier</li>
1.1       www        61:    
1.6       harris41   62:    <li>GD-Barcode<br />
                     63:    Kawai Takanori</li>
1.1       www        64:    
1.6       harris41   65:    <li>GD-Graph</li>
1.1       www        66:    
1.6       harris41   67:    <li>GD-TextUtils</li>
1.1       www        68:    
1.6       harris41   69:    <li>GD-Graph3d</li>
1.1       www        70:    
1.6       harris41   71:    <li>GD<br />
                     72:    Lincoln D. Stein</li>
1.1       www        73:    
1.6       harris41   74:    <li>Algorithm-Diff<br />
                     75:    Ned Konz</li>
1.1       www        76:    
1.6       harris41   77:    <li>libwww-perl</li>
1.1       www        78:    
1.6       harris41   79:    <li>HTML-Parser</li>
1.1       www        80:    
1.6       harris41   81:    <li>MIME-Base64<br />
                     82:    Gisle Aas</li>
1.1       www        83:    
1.6       harris41   84:    <li>HTML-Tagset<br />
                     85:    Sean M. Burke</li>
1.1       www        86:    
1.6       harris41   87:    <li>HTML-Tree<br />
                     88:    Gisle Aas, Sean M. Burke</li>
1.1       www        89:    
1.6       harris41   90:    <li>IO-stringy</li>
1.1       www        91:    
1.6       harris41   92:    <li>MIME-tools<br />
                     93:    Eryq</li>
1.1       www        94:    
1.6       harris41   95:    <li>MailTools</li>
1.1       www        96:    
1.6       harris41   97:    <li>libnet</li>
1.1       www        98:    
1.6       harris41   99:    <li>Net-PH</li>
1.1       www       100:    
1.6       harris41  101:    <li>Net-SNPP</li>
1.1       www       102:    
1.6       harris41  103:    <li>IO<br />
                    104:    Graham Barr</li>
1.1       www       105:    
1.6       harris41  106:    <li>Text-Query<br />
                    107:    Eric Bohlman, Loic Dachary</li>
1.1       www       108:    
1.6       harris41  109:    <li>Krb4<br />
                    110:    Jeff Horwitz</li>
1.1       www       111:    
1.6       harris41  112:    <li>Crypt-DES/IDEA<br />
                    113:    Dave Paris</li>
1.1       www       114:    
1.6       harris41  115:    <li>DBI<br />
                    116:    Tim Bunce</li>
1.1       www       117:    
1.6       harris41  118:    <li>Safe-Hole<br />
                    119:    Sey Nakajima</li>
1.1       www       120:    
1.6       harris41  121:    <li>Msql-Mysql-modules<br />
                    122:    Jochen Wiedmann</li>
                    123: </ul>
1.1       www       124: 
1.6       harris41  125: <h3>Included library packages not covered by the GNU General Public
                    126: License</h3>
1.1       www       127: 
1.6       harris41  128: <p>
                    129: <img src="http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/tth.gif" align="right"
                    130: alt="TtH logo" />
                    131: <a href="http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/tthfunc.html">TtHfunc</a>
                    132: and TtMfunc by <a href="mailto:tth@hutchinson.belmont.ma.us">Ian
                    133: Hutchinson</a>. TtHfunc and TtMfunc (the "Code") may be compiled and
1.1       www       134: linked into binary executable programs or libraries distributed by
1.6       harris41  135: the Michigan State University (the "Licensee"), but any binaries so
1.1       www       136: distributed are hereby licensed only for use in the context of a
                    137: program or computational system for which the Licensee is the primary
                    138: author or distributor, and which performs substantial additional
                    139: tasks beyond the translation of (La)TeX into HTML. The C source of
                    140: the Code may not be distributed by the Licensee to any other parties
1.6       harris41  141: under any circumstances.</p>
1.1       www       142: 
1.9     ! www       143: <p>
        !           144: <pre>
        !           145: 
        !           146: HTTPi is (C)1998-2001 Cameron Kaiser. All rights reserved.
        !           147: 
        !           148: ** While HTTPi is free, it is NOT distributed under CopyLeft or GPL. Please **
        !           149: ** read on to find out what the differences are. Licenses protect author    **
        !           150: ** rights -- please honour them, even with free software packages.          **
        !           151: 
        !           152: You can modify and tweak HTTPi to your heart's content. You don't need to
        !           153: pay me for using it, and you don't need my permission to make changes (though
        !           154: I or an authorised maintainer will be the only ones checking code back into
        !           155: HTTPi's code base for authorised patches and new versions).
        !           156: 
        !           157: HTTPi must be free, and any and all distributions and derivatives must
        !           158: themselves be free. By free software I do not necessarily mean free in the
        !           159: way that Richard Stallman of GNU fame might -- merely that distributions
        !           160: be without cost. "Derivatives" shall constitute distributions with code
        !           161: added or removed from the base distribution, or distributions that are
        !           162: signficantly based on the source code (though may not necessarily include
        !           163: the source code itself), in the Author's sole judgement. This means a C port
        !           164: of HTTPi is still a derivative, or a Win32 version, or whatever. You do not
        !           165: have to provide source code, which is a deviation from GPL.
        !           166: 
        !           167: You MAY NOT:
        !           168: 
        !           169: 	* make changes and slap your copyright on the entire package. Your
        !           170: 	  copyright extends only to the changes you've made. My copyright,
        !           171: 	  and any copyrights asserted by HTTPi's contributors, remain.
        !           172: 
        !           173: 	* supersede the license agreement here. You may not charge a fee for a
        !           174: 	  HTTPi distribution, for example. Derivatives count as distributions.
        !           175: 	  This license agreement, therefore, applies IN FULL to any
        !           176: 	  distribution or derivative work.
        !           177: 
        !           178: 	  The exception: you MAY include HTTPi as part of an operating system
        !           179: 	  distribution and sell that. Linux dists and FreeBSD dists are okay,
        !           180: 	  for example.
        !           181: 
        !           182: 	  You also MAY NOT place your derivative work under GPL, because that
        !           183: 	  is a different, though similar, licensing agreement, and the
        !           184: 	  License here does reflect constraints that are mutually exclusive.
        !           185: 
        !           186: 	* make a distribution of HTTPi that does not include ALL files,
        !           187: 	  including this license, and ONLY these files. If not, it is a
        !           188: 	  derivative work, and you may NOT call it an official distribution.
        !           189: 
        !           190: 	* make or distribute a distribution of HTTPi that does not clearly
        !           191: 	  state the copyright (i.e.
        !           192: 
        !           193: Contains or is based on the HTTPi web server
        !           194: (C)1998-2001 Cameron Kaiser. All rights reserved.
        !           195: http://httpi.floodgap.com/
        !           196: 
        !           197: 	  would be just about perfect), or make or distribute a derivative of
        !           198: 	  HTTPi that does not clearly state the copyright.
        !           199: 
        !           200: You MUST:
        !           201: 
        !           202: 	* copyright your derivative works. You may not make them public domain.
        !           203: 
        !           204: 	* include this LICENSE agreement in any and all derivative
        !           205: 	  works you create, as either a separate file or part of your
        !           206: 	  non-mutually exclusive license (that is, does not conflict
        !           207: 	  with these terms).
        !           208: 
        !           209: 	* absolve the programmers of HTTPi (including yours truly :-) and
        !           210: 	  any contributors) of any liability, real or imagined, and certify
        !           211: 	  that you are using this program AT YOUR OWN RISK. While the
        !           212: 	  programmers shall endeavour to make HTTPi as bug-free as possible,
        !           213: 	  entomological phenomena can and do occur. Such is life.
        !           214: 
        !           215: 	  If you make a derivative work of HTTPi, you MAY decide that you
        !           216: 	  wish to offer warranty support. You may do so, but your doing so
        !           217: 	  does in no way make me, the programmers of HTTPi, or anyone else
        !           218: 	  liable for the fulfillment of your warranty, and you and the users
        !           219: 	  of your derivative work must agree to hold us legally blameless
        !           220: 	  under ALL circumstances. (Remember, no mutually exclusive license
        !           221: 	  terms in your derivative works, right?)
        !           222: 
        !           223: Your usage of this program constitutes your binding acceptance of these
        !           224: terms. Don't even think about starting HTTPi up on your system if you don't
        !           225: agree to follow the terms detailed in this license IN THEIR ENTIRETY. Don't
        !           226: even think about modifying it, patching it or distributing it if you don't,
        !           227: either. Exceptions to these restrictions must be obtained from me, the
        !           228: copyright holder, IN WRITING.
        !           229: 
        !           230: I reserve the right to interpret this document, and I also reserve the right
        !           231: to make license changes without notice effective on issue date. All legal
        !           232: issues shall be dealt with in accordance with the State of California, United
        !           233: States of America.
        !           234: 
        !           235: Other than that, have a blast! Keep software free.
        !           236: 
        !           237: Revised 12/24/2000
        !           238: 
        !           239: </pre>
        !           240: </p>
        !           241: 
        !           242: 
1.6       harris41  243: <h3>History</h3>
1.1       www       244: 
1.8       harris41  245: <p>Based on the <a href="http://capa.msu.edu/">CAPA</a> and
1.6       harris41  246: <a href="http://www.lite.msu.edu/kortemeyer/lecture.html">Lecture<i>Online</i>
                    247: </a> software systems developed at Michigan State University.</p>
1.1       www       248: 
1.6       harris41  249: <p><img src="lonIcons/capapanel.gif" width="156" height="100" align="bottom" 
                    250:     alt="CAPA logo" />
                    251: <img src="lonIcons/lolpanel.gif" width="121" height="100" align="bottom" 
                    252:  alt="LectureOnline logo" />
                    253: </p>
1.1       www       254: 
1.6       harris41  255: <h3><img src="http://www.msu.edu/dig/gsg/11picaPositiveLogo.gif"
                    256: align="right" alt="Michigan State University logo" />Support</h3>
1.1       www       257: 
1.6       harris41  258: <p>Initial development of LON-CAPA was sponsored by Michigan State
1.1       www       259: University in the Laboratory for Instructional Technology in
1.6       harris41  260: Education.</p>
1.1       www       261: 
1.6       harris41  262: <p>
                    263: <img src="https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/icons/srchweb.gif" align="right"
                    264:  alt="NSF icon" />Additional
                    265: support by the National Science Foundation under
                    266: <a href="https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0085921">NSF
                    267: ITR 85921</a>. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or
1.1       www       268: recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s)
                    269: and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science
1.6       harris41  270: Foundation.</p>
1.1       www       271: 
1.6       harris41  272: <p>Contributing support by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the
                    273: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.</p>
1.1       www       274: 
1.6       harris41  275: <h3>Code Contributors to Date</h3>
1.1       www       276: 
1.7       www       277: <p>Guy Albertelli II, Jeremy Bowers, Ron Fox, Matthew Hall, 
                    278: Scott Harrison, Harsha Jagasia, Robert McQueen, Gerd Kortemeyer,
1.3       www       279: Mark Lucas, Behrouz Minaei, Hon-Kie Ng, Alexander Sakharuk, Jason Stredwick,
1.6       harris41  280: Yihjia Tsai, Benjamin Tyszka</p>
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1.6       harris41  282: <h3>Additional Contributors</h3>
1.1       www       283: 
1.6       harris41  284: <p>Wolfgang Bauer, Walt Benenson, Ed Kashy, Jim Linnemann.</p>
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1.6       harris41  286: <p>
                    287: <a href="http://www.smete.org/">
                    288: <img src="lonIcons/SMETE_white.gif" width="241" height="81" border="0"
                    289:  align="bottom" alt="SMETE logo" /></a></p>
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