| Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer |
| http://opensource.org/licenses/HPND |
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| <copyright notice> |
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| Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its |
| documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, |
| provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies[,] |
| [and] that both [that] [the] copyright notice and this permission |
| notice appear in supporting documentation[, and that the name [of] |
| <copyright holder> [or <related entities>] not be used in advertising |
| or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without |
| specific, written prior permission]. [<copyright holder> makes |
| no representations about the suitability of this software for any |
| purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.] |
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| [<copyright holder> DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS |
| SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND |
| FITNESS[,][.] IN NO EVENT SHALL <copyright holder> BE LIABLE FOR ANY |
| SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER |
| RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF |
| CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN |
| CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.] |
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| Explanation: |
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| Angle brackets hold "fields", e.g. <copyright holder>. |
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| Square brackets hold optional text, e.g. [or <related entities>]. |
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| A license can have variations in capitalization and whitespace, and |
| still be considered an instance of this template. |
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| It may be possible to construct a grammatically incorrect license from |
| this template, or one that lacks a disclaimer, or one that includes a |
| double-disclaimer. That is acceptable, as long as it remains impossible |
| to construct a non-OSD-compliant license that matches the pattern. |
