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+.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+.. include:: HEADER.rst
+
+==================
+ Software license
+==================
+.. contents::
+
+Where find info on licence issue?
+=================================
+
+See:
+
+ * http://www.opensource.org/licenses
+ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_licences
+ * http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/
+ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FSF_approved_software_licences
+ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_software_licences
+ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_license
+
+List of FOSS licences
+=====================
+
+** BSD.
+
+See
+
+  http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license
+
+** MIT.
+
+** GPL.
+
+GPL (GNU genneral public licence).
+
+  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ReportingViolation
+                Reporting Violation
+
+** LGPL.
+
+** ZLIB.
+
+** MPL.
+
+MPL (Mozilla public license)
+
+** CPL.
+
+CPL (Common Public License)
+
+See
+
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Public_License
+
+* Compration of FOSS licences.
+
+** Need hold author signature.
+
+This meen that you can not remove notice by whos done original work.
+
+** Need mark changes.
+
+This meen that you must say that part is original product that part is your
+changes.
+
+Typically this can be done by distributing original sources and patches for
+them or describe what source file you cange and how (for example this
+sometimes done in CHANGELOG files).
+
+In any way when precedent occur you must prove that part of work is your.
+
+** Need rename derivative work.
+
+This meen that you derivative work must have another name that original.
+
+Usually author in such way hold their users from derivative foreign toys based
+on thier work.
+
+** Copyleft.
+
+This meen that any derivative work must be covered by save licence as
+original.
+
+** Licence can be changed.
+
+This meen is can text of original licence changed.
+
+How to apply license?
+=====================
+
+** Creative commons license.
+
+Put in file::
+
+  This publication is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
+  license.
+
+  For full details of the license, please refer to the following:
+  Creative-commons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
+
+or like this::
+
+  Copyright © 2005, 2006, 2007 Random Newbie, under a Creative Commons
+  Attribution-ShareAlike (3.0) license.
+
+or like this::
+
+  This book is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons
+  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 license available from
+  http://www.creativecommons.org/. Accordingly, you are free to copy,
+  distribute, display, and perform the work under the following conditions:
+  (1) you must give the original author credit, (2) you may not use this work
+  for commercial purposes, and (3) you may not alter, transform, or build upon
+  this work.
+
+or like this::
+
+  This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs
+  License. A summary of the license is given below, followed by the full legal
+  text.
+
+  You are free:
+   · to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
+   · to make commercial use of the work
+  Under the following conditions:
+  Attribution. You must give the original author credit.
+  No Derivative Works. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.
+   · For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license
+   terms of this work.
+   · Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the
+   copyright holder.
+  Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above.
+
+  Creative Commons Legal Code
+
+  Attribution No-Derivs 2.0
+  ...
+
+Links to Creative Commons License:
+
+Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd)
+  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode
+Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa)
+  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode
+Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc)
+  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
+Attribution No Derivatives (by-nd)
+  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode
+Attribution Share Alike (by-sa)
+  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
+Attribution (by)
+  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
+
+What is FLOSS?
+==============
+
+Free/Libre/Open Source Software. See
+
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software
+
+* What licences are FLOSS compotable?
+
+License name                    Version(s)/Copyright Date
+Academic Free License           2.0
+Apache Software License         1.0/1.1/2.0
+Apple Public Source License     2.0
+Artistic license                From Perl 5.8.0
+BSD license                     "July 22 1999"
+Common Public License           1.0
+GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL)   2.0/2.1
+IBM Public License, Version     1.0
+Jabber Open Source License      1.0
+MIT License (As listed in file MIT-License.txt) -
+Mozilla Public License (MPL)    1.0/1.1
+Open Software License           2.0
+OpenSSL license (with original SSLeay license)  "2003" ("1998")
+PHP License                     3.0
+Python license (CNRI Python License)    -
+Python Software Foundation License      2.1.1
+Sleepycat License               "1999"
+W3C License                     "2001"
+X11 License                     "2001"
+Zlib/libpng License             -
+Zope Public License             2.0/2.1
+
+* Copyright low.
+
+See
+
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_international_copyright_treaties
+                List of parties to international copyright agreements.
+
+** Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
+
+Came into force 1887-12-05.
+
+  http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=15
+                List of country where Berne convention in force.
+
+** Universal Copyright Convention, Geneva Act (UCC Geneva).
+
+Came into force 1955-09-16.
+
+** Universal Copyright Convention, Paris Act (UCC Paris).
+
+Came into force 1974-07-10.
+
+** World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty.
+
+  http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/wct/trtdocs_wo033.html
+                Text of convention.
+  http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=16
+                List of country where WTC convention in force.
+
+** Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
+
+Membership in TRIPS coincides with membership in the World Trade Organization.
+
+  http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/27-trips_01_e.htm
+    Text of convention.
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agreement_on_Trade-Related_Aspects_of_Intellectual_Property_Rights
+    TRIPS