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Saxon: Conditions of Use

Saxon

The contents of the downloaded file (saxon.zip), with the exception of the Ælfred parser (see below), are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/

Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.

The Original Code of Saxon comprises all those components which are not explicitly attributed to other parties. It does not include the Ælfred parser, which is redistributed under the licence described below.

The Initial Developer of the Original Code was Michael Kay of International Computers Limited. Individual modules identified as being created by James Clark, David Megginson, or John Cowan include separate IPR notices. All Rights Reserved.

Since February 2001 I (Michael Kay) have been an employee of Software AG, and I continue to develop Saxon with the support and sponsorship of that company. Technically, therefore, the "Initial Developer" no longer exists (the form of words was deliberately chosen to reflect the joint involvement of myself and ICL), so I now work as a "Contributor". Other contributors are acknowledged individually in comments attached to the relevant code modules.

iclway is an Internet Service Provider operated by ICL; however, the fact that I continue to use this ISP for hosting Saxon does not imply that ICL have any interest in the content of the site. Equally, for reasons of continuity, I have kept the icl.com domain name in package names and namespace URIs with the tacit consent of ICL, but this should not be taken to imply any ongoing ICL involvement.

If you produce a product that includes or requires Saxon, please refer to it as "The Saxon XSLT Processor from Michael Kay", and include the URL of the home page, which is at http://saxon.sourceforge.net/.

There is no guarantee of technical support, though I am usually able to answer enquiries within a few days. Please subscribe to the mailing list available at http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/saxon-help and raise any enquiries there. Also check the Saxon project pages on sourceforge for details of known errors; all bugs are listed there as soon as I have sufficient evidence to describe the nature of the problem.


Ælfred

Included in the Saxon distribution is a modified version of the Ælfred XML parser from Microstar. I have taken the relevant part of David Brownell's Ælfred2 distribution, repackaged it, and fixed a few bugs. All cahnges are clearly documented in the source code.

This is distributed under the terms of Microstar's terms and conditions, which are as follows:

AElfred, Version 1.2
Microstar's Java-Based XML Parser
Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Microstar Software Ltd.
Home Page: http://www.microstar.com/XML/

AElfred is free for both commercial and non-commercial use and redistribution, provided that Microstar's copyright and disclaimer are retained intact. You are free to modify AElfred for your own use and to redistribute AElfred with your modifications, provided that the modifications are clearly documented.

DISCLAIMER

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Please use it AT YOUR OWN RISK.

David Brownell added the following statement:


/*
 * Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by David Brownell.  All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This program is open source software; you may use, copy, modify, and
 * redistribute it under the terms of the LICENSE with which it was
 * originally distributed.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * LICENSE for more details.
 */

The version included with Saxon is David Brownell's code of 26 Feb 2000, modified as follows:


JAXP

Included with the Saxon distribution is a copy of the JAXP 1.1 library (Java API for XML). The version is not the reference version distributed by Sun, but a more recent bug-cleared version distributed as part of the Apache Xalan product. For information about different JAXP versions, see the JAXP FAQ at http://xml.apache.org/~edwingo/jaxp-faq.html. The version of JAXP is distributed under the following Apache license terms:

/*
 * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
 *
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1999-2000 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights 
 * reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 *
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 
 *
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
 *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
 *    distribution.
 *
 * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution,
 *    if any, must include the following acknowledgment:  
 *       "This product includes software developed by the
 *        Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)."
 *    Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself,
 *    if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
 *
 * 4. The names "Xerces" and "Apache Software Foundation" must
 *    not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
 *    software without prior written permission. For written 
 *    permission, please contact apache@apache.org.
 *
 * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Apache",
 *    nor may "Apache" appear in their name, without prior written
 *    permission of the Apache Software Foundation.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
 * DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR
 * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
 * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
 * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
 * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
 * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
 * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 * SUCH DAMAGE.
 * ====================================================================
 *
 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
 * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation and was
 * originally based on software copyright (c) 1999, International
 * Business Machines, Inc., http://www.ibm.com.  For more
 * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
 * .
 */

Michael H. Kay
12 March 2002

Personal home page: http://users.iclway.co.uk/mhkay