    001/* ========================================================================
    002 * JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform
    003 * ========================================================================
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    005 * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
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    007 * Project Info:  http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html
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    025 * in the United States and other countries.]
    026 *
    027 * -------------
    028 * Licences.java
    029 * -------------
    030 * (C) Copyright 2001-2004, by Object Refinery Limited.
    031 *
    032 * Original Author:  David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
    033 * Contributor(s):   -;
    034 *
    035 * $Id: Licences.java,v 1.4 2005/11/16 15:58:41 taqua Exp $
    036 *
    037 * Changes
    038 * -------
    039 * 26-Nov-2001 : Version 1 (DG);
    040 * 29-Jan-2002 : Appended the instructions to the end of the GNU LGPL and GPL to comply with
    041 *               GNU requirements (DG);
    042 * 28-Feb-2002 : Moved to package com.jrefinery.ui.about (DG);
    043 * 08-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG);
    044 *
    045 */
    046
    047package org.jfree.ui.about;
    048
    049/**
    050 * Contains the full texts of the GNU General Public Licence and the GNU Lesser General Public
    051 * Licence.
    052 * <P>
    053 * These are used in the presentation of a standard 'About' frame.
    054 *
    055 * @author David Gilbert
    056 */
    057public class Licences {
    058
    059    /** The GNU General Public Licence. */
    060    public static final String GPL = "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE\n"
    061        + "\n"
    062        + "Version 2, June 1991\n"
    063        + "\n"
    064        + "Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, "
    065        + "MA 02139, USA. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this "
    066        + "license document, but changing it is not allowed.\n"
    067        + "\n"
    068        + "Preamble\n"
    069        + "The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and "
    070        + "change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your "
    071        + "freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for all "
    072        + "its users. This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software "
    073        + "Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it. (Some "
    074        + "other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Library General Public "
    075        + "License instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too.\n"
    076        + "\n"
    077        + "When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General "
    078        + "Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute "
    079        + "copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive "
    080        + "source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use "
    081        + "pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things."
    082        + "\n"
    083        + "To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you "
    084        + "these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to "
    085        + "certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you "
    086        + "modify it.\n"
    087        + "\n"
    088        + "For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, "
    089        + "you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that "
    090        + "they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so "
    091        + "they know their rights.\n"
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    102        + "\n"
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    104        + "avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent "
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    106        + "clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at "
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    110        + "\n"
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    128        + "\n"
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    142        + "conditions:\n"
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    153        + "print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a "
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    333        + "in an interactive mode:\n"
    334        + "\n"
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    336        + "ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.\n"
    337        + "This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain "
    338        + "conditions; type `show c' for details.\n"
    339        + "\n"
    340        + "The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate parts of "
    341        + "the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may be called something "
    342        + "other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items"
    343        + "--whatever suits your program.\n"
    344        + "\n"
    345        + "You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your school, if "
    346        + "any, to sign a \"copyright disclaimer\" for the program, if necessary.  Here is a "
    347        + "sample; alter the names:\n"
    348        + "\n"
    349        + "Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program `Gnomovision' "
    350        + "(which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.\n"
    351        + "\n"
    352        + "<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989\n"
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    357        + "more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the library.  If this is "
    358        + "what you want to do, use the GNU Library General Public License instead of this "
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