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- adding in the other people who have added code, and translations, anyone I forget?

1: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 2: "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> 3: <html> 4: <head> 5: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></meta> 6: <title>About LON-CAPA</title> 7: </head> 8: <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#666666" vlink="#333333"> 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 12: (<a href="http://www.lon-capa.org/">LON-CAPA</a>)</h1> 13: <p>VERSION: </p> 14: <p><font size="+2">Copyright Michigan State University Board of 15: Trustees</font></p> 16: 17: <p> </p> 18: 19: <pre> 20: The LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA) 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 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 34: </pre> 35: 36: <h3>Included libraries and packages covered by GNU General or other 37: Public Licenses</h3> 38: 39: <ul> 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> 93: </ul> 94: 95: <h3>Included library packages not covered by the GNU General Public 96: License</h3> 97: 98: <p> 99: <img src="lonIcons/tth.gif" align="right" alt="TtH logo" /> 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 103: linked into binary executable programs or libraries distributed by 104: the Michigan State University (the "Licensee"), but any binaries so 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 110: under any circumstances.</p> 111: 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: 211: 212: <h3>History</h3> 213: 214: <p>Based on the <a href="http://capa.msu.edu/">CAPA</a> and 215: Lecture<i>Online</i> 216: software systems developed at Michigan State University.</p> 217: 218: <p><img src="lonIcons/capapanel.gif" width="156" height="100" align="bottom" 219: alt="CAPA logo" /> 220: <img src="lonIcons/lolpanel.gif" width="121" height="100" align="bottom" 221: alt="LectureOnline logo" /> 222: </p> 223: 224: <h3><img src="lonDomLogos/msu.gif" 225: align="right" alt="Michigan State University logo" />Support</h3> 226: 227: <p>Development of LON-CAPA is sponsored by Michigan State 228: University</p> 229: 230: <p> 231: Additional support by the National Science Foundation under 232: <a href="https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0085921">NSF 233: ITR 85921</a>. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or 234: recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) 235: and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science 236: Foundation.</p> 237: 238: <p>Contributing support by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the 239: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.</p> 240: 241: <h3>Code Contributors to Date</h3> 242: 243: <p>Guy Albertelli II, Guy Askenazi, Jeremy Bowers, Ron Fox, Matthew Hall, 244: Harsha Jagasia, Robert McQueen, Gerd Kortemeyer, 245: Mark Lucas, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, 246: Hon-Kie Ng, Alexander Sakharuk, Jason Stredwick, 247: Martin Siegert, Joshua Tacey, Yihjia Tsai, Benjamin Tyszka, Jay-Lynn Williams, 248: and others who do not wish to be named.</p> 249: 250: <h3>Translations By</h3> 251: <ul> 252: <li>German: Gerd Kortemeyer </li> 253: <li>Hebrew: Guy Askenazi </li> 254: <li>Japanese: Minoru Akiyama </li> 255: <li>Portugese: Ricardo Kulzer </li> 256: </ul> 257: 258: <h3>Additional Contributors</h3> 259: 260: <p>Wolfgang Bauer, Walt Benenson, Ed Kashy, Jim Linnemann.</p> 261: 262: <p> 263: <a href="http://www.smete.org/"> 264: <img src="lonIcons/SMETE_white.gif" border="0" 265: align="bottom" alt="SMETE logo" /></a> 266: <a href="http://www.nsdl.org/"> 267: <img src="lonDomLogos/nsdl.gif" border="0" 268: align="bottom" alt="NSDL logo" /></a></p> 269: 270: </body> 271: </html>