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+BSD Protection License
+
+February 2002 Preamble
+
+--------
+
+The Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD") license has proven very effective
+over the years at allowing for a wide spread of work throughout both commercial
+and non-commercial products. For programmers whose primary intention is to
+improve the general quality of available software, it is arguable that there
+is no better license than the BSD license, as it permits improvements to be
+used wherever they will help, without idealogical or metallic constraint.
+
+This is of particular value to those who produce reference implementations
+of proposed standards: The case of TCP/IP clearly illustrates that freely
+and universally available implementations leads the rapid acceptance of standards
+-- often even being used instead of a de jure standard (eg, OSI network models).
+
+With the rapid proliferation of software licensed under the GNU General Public
+License, however, the continued success of this role is called into question.
+Given that the inclusion of a few lines of "GPL-tainted" work into a larger
+body of work will result in restricted distribution -- and given that further
+work will likely build upon the "tainted" portions, making them difficult
+to remove at a future date -- there are inevitable circumstances where authors
+would, in order to protect their goal of providing for the widespread usage
+of their work, wish to guard against such "GPL-taint".
+
+In addition, one can imagine that companies which operate by producing and
+selling (possibly closed-source) code would wish to protect themselves against
+the rise of a GPL-licensed competitor. While under existing licenses this
+would mean not releasing their code under any form of open license, if a license
+existed under which they could incorporate any improvements back into their
+own (commercial) products then they might be far more willing to provide for
+non-closed distribution.
+
+For the above reasons, we put forth this "BSD Protection License": A license
+designed to retain the freedom granted by the BSD license to use licensed
+works in a wide variety of settings, both non-commercial and commercial, while
+protecting the work from having future contributors restrict that freedom.
+
+The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution, and modification
+follow.
+
+BSD PROTECTION LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION, AND
+MODIFICATION ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+   0. Definitions.
+
+a) "Program", below, refers to any program or work distributed under the terms
+of this license.
+
+b) A "work based on the Program", below, refers to either the Program or any
+derivative work under copyright law.
+
+      c) "Modification", below, refers to the act of creating derivative works.
+
+      d) "You", below, refers to each licensee.
+
+   1. Scope.
+
+This license governs the copying, distribution, and modification of the Program.
+Other activities are outside the scope of this license; The act of running
+the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered
+only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program.
+
+   2. Verbatim copies.
+
+You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program as you receive
+it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish
+on each copy an appropriate copyright notice; keep intact all the notices
+that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any
+other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program.
+
+   3. Modification and redistribution under closed license.
+
+You may modify your copy or copies of the Program, and distribute the resulting
+derivative works, provided that you meet the following conditions:
+
+a) The copyright notice and disclaimer on the Program must be reproduced and
+included in the source code, documentation, and/or other materials provided
+in a manner in which such notices are normally distributed.
+
+b) The derivative work must be clearly identified as such, in order that it
+may not be confused with the original work.
+
+c) The license under which the derivative work is distributed must expressly
+prohibit the distribution of further derivative works.
+
+   4. Modification and redistribution under open license.
+
+You may modify your copy or copies of the Program, and distribute the resulting
+derivative works, provided that you meet the following conditions:
+
+a) The copyright notice and disclaimer on the Program must be reproduced and
+included in the source code, documentation, and/or other materials provided
+in a manner in which such notices are normally distributed.
+
+b) You must clearly indicate the nature and date of any changes made to the
+Program. The full details need not necessarily be included in the individual
+modified files, provided that each modified file is clearly marked as such
+and instructions are included on where the full details of the modifications
+may be found.
+
+c) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or
+in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be
+licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this
+License.
+
+   5. Implied acceptance.
+
+You may not copy or distribute the Program or any derivative works except
+as expressly provided under this license. Consequently, any such action will
+be taken as implied acceptance of the terms of this license.
+
+   6. NO WARRANTY.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER,
+OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED
+ABOVE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
+OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM
+(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,
+EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+SUCH DAMAGES.