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BitTorrent Open Source License v1.1
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BitTorrent Open Source License v1.1
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BitTorrent Open Source License
Version 1.1
This BitTorrent Open Source License (the "License") applies to the BitTorrent client and
related software products as well as any updates or maintenance releases of that software
("BitTorrent Products") that are distributed by BitTorrent, Inc. ("Licensor"). Any
BitTorrent Product licensed pursuant to this License is a Licensed Product. Licensed Product, in its
entirety, is protected by U.S. copyright law. This License identifies the terms under which you may
use, copy, distribute or modify Licensed Product.
Preamble
This Preamble is intended to describe, in plain English, the nature and scope of this License. However,
this Preamble is not a part of this license. The legal effect of this License is dependent only upon
the terms of the License and not this Preamble.
This License complies with the Open Source Definition and is derived from the Jabber Open Source License
1.0 (the "JOSL"), which has been approved by Open Source Initiative. Sections 4(c) and
4(f)(iii) from the JOSL have been deleted.
This License provides that:
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1.
You may use or give away the Licensed Product, alone or as a component of an aggregate software
distribution containing programs from several different sources. No royalty or other fee is
required.
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2.
Both Source Code and executable versions of the Licensed Product, including Modifications made by
previous Contributors, are available for your use. (The terms "Licensed Product,"
"Modifications," "Contributors" and "Source Code" are defined in
the License.)
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3.
You are allowed to make Modifications to the Licensed Product, and you can create Derivative
Works from it. (The term "Derivative Works" is defined in the License.)
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4.
By accepting the Licensed Product under the provisions of this License, you agree that any
Modifications you make to the Licensed Product and then distribute are governed by the
provisions of this License. In particular, you must make the Source Code of your Modifications
available to others free of charge and without a royalty.
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5.
You may sell, accept donations or otherwise receive compensation for executable versions of a
Licensed Product, without paying a royalty or other fee to the Licensor or any Contributor,
provided that such executable versions contain your or another Contributor's material
Modifications. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent your executable version of a Licensed
Product does not contain your or another Contributor's material Modifications, you may
not sell, accept donations or otherwise receive compensation for such executable.
You may use the Licensed Product for any purpose, but the Licensor is not providing you any
warranty whatsoever, nor is the Licensor accepting any liability in the event that the
Licensed Product doesn't work properly or causes you any injury or damages.
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If you sublicense the Licensed Product or Derivative Works, you may charge fees for warranty or
support, or for accepting indemnity or liability obligations to your customers. You cannot
charge for, sell, accept donations or otherwise receive compensation for the Source Code.
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If you assert any patent claims against the Licensor relating to the Licensed Product, or if you
breach any terms of the License, your rights to the Licensed Product under this License
automatically terminate.
You may use this License to distribute your own Derivative Works, in which case the provisions of this
License will apply to your Derivative Works just as they do to the original Licensed Product.
Alternatively, you may distribute your Derivative Works under any other OSI-approved Open Source license,
or under a proprietary license of your choice. If you use any license other than this License,
however, you must continue to fulfill the requirements of this License (including the provisions
relating to publishing the Source Code) for those portions of your Derivative Works that consist of
the Licensed Product, including the files containing
Modifications.
New versions of this License may be published from time to time in connection with new versions of a
Licensed Product or otherwise. You may choose to continue to use the license terms in this version of
the License for the Licensed Product that was originally licensed hereunder, however, the new versions
of this License will at all times apply to new versions of the Licensed Product released by Licensor
after the release of the new version of this License. Only the Licensor has the right to change the
License terms as they apply to the Licensed Product.
This License relies on precise definitions for certain terms. Those terms are defined when they are first
used, and the definitions are repeated for your convenience in a Glossary at the end of the
License.
License Terms
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1.
Grant of License From Licensor. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor
hereby grants you a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license, subject to third party
intellectual property claims, to do the following:
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a.
Use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute any Modifications created
by a Contributor or portions thereof, in both Source Code or as an executable program,
either on an unmodified basis or as part of Derivative Works.
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b.
Under claims of patents now or hereafter owned or controlled by Contributor, to make, use,
sell, offer for sale, have made, and/or otherwise dispose of Modifications or portions
thereof, but solely to the extent that any such claim is necessary to enable you to make,
use, sell, offer for sale, have made, and/or otherwise dispose of Modifications or
portions thereof or Derivative Works thereof.
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2.
Grant of License to Modifications From Contributor. "Modifications" means any additions
to or deletions from the substance or structure of (i) a file containing a Licensed Product,
or (ii) any new file that contains any part of a Licensed Product. Hereinafter in this
License, the term "Licensed Product" shall include all previous Modifications that
you receive from any Contributor. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, By
application of the provisions in Section 4(a) below, each person or entity who created or
contributed to the creation of, and distributed, a Modification (a "Contributor")
hereby grants you a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license, subject to third party
intellectual property claims, to do the following:
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a.
Use, reproduce, modify, display, perform, sublicense and distribute any Modifications created
by such Contributor or portions thereof, in both Source Code or as an executable program,
either on an unmodified basis or as part of Derivative Works.
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b.
Under claims of patents now or hereafter owned or controlled by Contributor, to make, use,
sell, offer for sale, have made, and/or otherwise dispose of Modifications or portions
thereof, but solely to the extent that any such claim is necessary to enable you to make,
use, sell, offer for sale, have made, and/or otherwise dispose of Modifications or
portions thereof or Derivative Works thereof.
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Exclusions From License Grant. Nothing in this License shall be deemed to grant any rights to
trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets or any other intellectual property of Licensor
or any Contributor except as expressly stated herein. No patent license is granted separate
from the Licensed Product, for code that you delete from the Licensed Product, or for
combinations of the Licensed Product with other software or hardware. No right is granted to
the trademarks of Licensor or any Contributor even if such marks are included in the Licensed
Product. Nothing in this License shall be interpreted to prohibit Licensor from licensing
under different terms from this License any code that Licensor otherwise would have a right to
license. As an express condition for your use of the Licensed Product, you hereby agree that
you will not, without the prior written consent of Licensor, use any trademarks, copyrights,
patents, trade secrets or any other intellectual property of Licensor or any Contributor
except as expressly stated herein. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the
foregoing, you hereby agree that you will not use or display any trademark of Licensor or any
Contributor in any domain name, directory filepath, advertisement, link or other reference to
you in any manner or in any media.
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Your Obligations Regarding Distribution.
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a.
Application of This License to Your Modifications. As an express condition for your use of
the Licensed Product, you hereby agree that any Modifications that you create or to which
you contribute, and which you distribute, are governed by the terms of this License
including, without limitation, Section 2. Any Modifications that you create or to which
you contribute may be distributed only under the terms of this License or a future version
of this License released under Section 7. You must include a copy of this License with
every copy of the Modifications you distribute. You agree not to offer or impose any terms
on any Source Code or executable version of the Licensed Product or Modifications that
alter or restrict the applicable version of this License or the recipients' rights
hereunder. However, you may include an additional document offering the additional rights
described in Section 4(d).
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Availability of Source Code. You must make available, without charge, under the terms of this
License, the Source Code of the Licensed Product and any Modifications that you
distribute, either on the same media as you distribute any executable or other form of the
Licensed Product, or via a mechanism generally accepted in the software development
community for the electronic transfer of data (an "Electronic Distribution
Mechanism"). The Source Code for any version of Licensed Product or Modifications
that you distribute must remain available for as long as any executable or other form of
the Licensed Product is distributed by you. You are responsible for ensuring that the
Source Code version remains available even if the Electronic Distribution Mechanism is
maintained by a third party.
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Intellectual Property Matters.
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Third Party Claims. If you have knowledge that a license to a third party's
intellectual property right is required to exercise the rights granted by this
License, you must include a text file with the Source Code distribution titled
"LEGAL" that describes the claim and the party making the claim in
sufficient detail that a recipient will know whom to contact. If you obtain such
knowledge after you make any Modifications available as described in Section 4(b), you
shall promptly modify the LEGAL file in all copies you make available thereafter and
shall take other steps (such as notifying appropriate mailing lists or newsgroups)
reasonably calculated to inform those who received the Licensed Product from you that
new knowledge has been obtained.
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Contributor APIs. If your Modifications include an application programming interface
("API") and you have knowledge of patent licenses that are reasonably
necessary to implement that API, you must also include this information in the LEGAL
file.
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Representations. You represent that, except as disclosed pursuant to 4(c)(i) above, you
believe that any Modifications you distribute are your original creations and that you
have sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed by this License.
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Required Notices. You must duplicate this License in any documentation you provide along with
the Source Code of any Modifications you create or to which you contribute, and which you
distribute, wherever you describe recipients' rights relating to Licensed Product.
You must duplicate the notice contained in Exhibit A (the "Notice") in each file
of the Source Code of any copy you distribute of the Licensed Product. If you created a
Modification, you may add your name as a Contributor to the Notice. If it is not possible
to put the Notice in a particular Source Code file due to its structure, then you must
include such Notice in a location (such as a relevant directory file) where a user would
be likely to look for such a notice. You may choose to offer, and charge a fee for,
warranty, support, indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of
Licensed Product. However, you may do so only on your own behalf, and not on behalf of the
Licensor or any Contributor. You must make it clear that any such warranty, support,
indemnity or liability obligation is offered by you alone, and you hereby agree to
indemnify the Licensor and every Contributor for any liability incurred by the Licensor or
such Contributor as a result of warranty, support, indemnity or liability terms you
offer.
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Distribution of Executable Versions. You may distribute Licensed Product as an executable
program under a license of your choice that may contain terms different from this License
provided (i) you have satisfied the requirements of Sections 4(a) through 4(d) for that
distribution, (ii) you include a conspicuous notice in the executable version, related
documentation and collateral materials stating that the Source Code version of the
Licensed Product is available under the terms of this License, including a description of
how and where you have fulfilled the obligations of Section 4(b), and (iii) you make it
clear that any terms that differ from this License are offered by you alone, not by
Licensor or any Contributor. You hereby agree to indemnify the Licensor and every
Contributor for any liability incurred by Licensor or such Contributor as a result of any
terms you offer.
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Distribution of Derivative Works. You may create Derivative Works (e.g., combinations of some
or all of the Licensed Product with other code) and distribute the Derivative Works as
products under any other license you select, with the proviso that the requirements of
this License are fulfilled for those portions of the Derivative Works that consist of the
Licensed Product or any Modifications thereto.
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Compensation for Distribution of Executable Versions of Licensed Products, Modifications or
Derivative Works. Notwithstanding any provision of this License to the contrary, by
distributing, selling, licensing, sublicensing or otherwise making available any Licensed
Product, or Modification or Derivative Work thereof, you and Licensor hereby acknowledge
and agree that you may sell, license or sublicense for a fee, accept donations or
otherwise receive compensation for executable versions of a Licensed Product, without
paying a royalty or other fee to the Licensor or any other Contributor, provided that such
executable versions (i) contain your or another Contributor's material Modifications,
or (ii) are otherwise material Derivative Works. For purposes of this License, an
executable version of the Licensed Product will be deemed to contain a material
Modification, or will otherwise be deemed a material Derivative Work, if (a) the Licensed
Product is modified with your own or a third party's software programs or other code,
and/or the Licensed Product is combined with a number of your own or a third party's
software programs or code, respectively, and (b) such software programs or code add or
contribute material value, functionality or features to the License Product. For the
avoidance of doubt, to the extent your executable version of a Licensed Product does not
contain your or another Contributor's material Modifications or is otherwise not a
material Derivative Work, in each case as contemplated herein, you may not sell, license
or sublicense for a fee, accept donations or otherwise receive compensation for such
executable. Additionally, without limitation of the foregoing and notwithstanding any
provision of this License to the contrary, you cannot charge for, sell, license or
sublicense for a fee, accept donations or otherwise receive compensation for the Source
Code.
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Inability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation. If it is impossible for you to comply with any
of the terms of this License with respect to some or all of the Licensed Product due to
statute, judicial order, or regulation, then you must (i) comply with the terms of this
License to the maximum extent possible, (ii) cite the statute or regulation that prohibits you
from adhering to the License, and (iii) describe the limitations and the code they affect.
Such description must be included in the LEGAL file described in Section 4(d), and must be
included with all distributions of the Source Code. Except to the extent prohibited by statute
or regulation, such description must be sufficiently detailed for a recipient of ordinary
skill at computer programming to be able to understand it.
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Application of This License. This License applies to code to which Licensor or Contributor has
attached the Notice in Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by this reference.
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Versions of This License.
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a.
New Versions. Licensor may publish from time to time revised and/or new versions of the License.
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b.
Effect of New Versions. Once Licensed Product has been published under a particular version
of the License, you may always continue to use it under the terms of that version,
provided that any such license be in full force and effect at the time, and has not been
revoked or otherwise terminated. You may also choose to use such Licensed Product under
the terms of any subsequent version (but not any prior version) of the License published
by Licensor. No one other than Licensor has the right to modify the terms applicable to
Licensed Product created under this License.
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Derivative Works of this License. If you create or use a modified version of this License,
which you may do only in order to apply it to software that is not already a Licensed
Product under this License, you must rename your license so that it is not confusingly
similar to this License, and must make it clear that your license contains terms that
differ from this License. In so naming your license, you may not use any trademark of
Licensor or any Contributor.
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Disclaimer of Warranty. LICENSED PRODUCT IS PROVIDED UNDER THIS LICENSE ON AN AS IS BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
WARRANTIES THAT THE LICENSED PRODUCT IS FREE OF DEFECTS, MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LICENSED
PRODUCT IS WITH YOU. SHOULD LICENSED PRODUCT PROVE DEFECTIVE IN ANY RESPECT, YOU (AND NOT THE
LICENSOR OR ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTOR) ASSUME THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
CORRECTION. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS LICENSE. NO USE
OF LICENSED PRODUCT IS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER EXCEPT UNDER THIS DISCLAIMER.
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Termination.
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a.
Automatic Termination Upon Breach. This license and the rights granted hereunder will
terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the terms herein and fail to cure such
breach within ten (10) days of being notified of the breach by the Licensor. For purposes
of this provision, proof of delivery via email to the address listed in the
'WHOIS' database of the registrar for any website through which you distribute
or market any Licensed Product, or to any alternate email address which you designate in
writing to the Licensor, shall constitute sufficient notification. All sublicenses to the
Licensed Product that are properly granted shall survive any termination of this license
so long as they continue to complye with the terms of this License. Provisions that, by
their nature, must remain in effect beyond the termination of this License, shall
survive.
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Termination Upon Assertion of Patent Infringement. If you initiate litigation by asserting a
patent infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions) against Licensor or a
Contributor (Licensor or Contributor against whom you file such an action is referred to
herein as Respondent) alleging that Licensed Product directly or indirectly infringes any
patent, then any and all rights granted by such Respondent to you under Sections 1 or 2 of
this License shall terminate prospectively upon sixty (60) days notice from Respondent
(the "Notice Period") unless within that Notice Period you either agree in
writing (i) to pay Respondent a mutually agreeable reasonably royalty for your past or
future use of Licensed Product made by such Respondent, or (ii) withdraw your litigation
claim with respect to Licensed Product against such Respondent. If within said Notice
Period a reasonable royalty and payment arrangement are not mutually agreed upon in
writing by the parties or the litigation claim is not withdrawn, the rights granted by
Licensor to you under Sections 1 and 2 automatically terminate at the expiration of said
Notice Period.
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Reasonable Value of This License. If you assert a patent infringement claim against
Respondent alleging that Licensed Product directly or indirectly infringes any patent
where such claim is resolved (such as by license or settlement) prior to the initiation of
patent infringement litigation, then the reasonable value of the licenses granted by said
Respondent under Sections 1 and 2 shall be taken into account in determining the amount or
value of any payment or license.
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No Retroactive Effect of Termination. In the event of termination under Sections 9(a) or 9(b)
above, all end user license agreements (excluding licenses to distributors and resellers)
that have been validly granted by you or any distributor hereunder prior to termination
shall survive termination.
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Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE LICENSOR, ANY CONTRIBUTOR, OR ANY
DISTRIBUTOR OF LICENSED PRODUCT, OR ANY SUPPLIER OF ANY OF SUCH PARTIES, BE LIABLE TO ANY
PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE
OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY SHALL
HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL NOT
APPLY TO LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY RESULTING FROM SUCH PARTYS NEGLIGENCE TO THE
EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS SUCH LIMITATION. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS EXCLUSION AND LIMITATION MAY NOT
APPLY TO YOU.
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Responsibility for Claims. As between Licensor and Contributors, each party is responsible for
claims and damages arising, directly or indirectly, out of its utilization of rights under
this License. You agree to work with Licensor and Contributors to distribute such
responsibility on an equitable basis. Nothing herein is intended or shall be deemed to
constitute any admission of liability.
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U.S. Government End Users. The Licensed Product is a commercial item, as that term is defined in
48 C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct. 1995), consisting of commercial computer software and commercial
computer software documentation, as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (Sept. 1995).
Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 (June 1995), all
U.S. Government End Users acquire Licensed Product with only those rights set forth
herein.
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Miscellaneous. This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject matter
hereof. If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such provision shall be
reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable. This License shall be governed
by California law provisions (except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides
otherwise), excluding its conflict-of-law provisions. You expressly agree that in any
litigation relating to this license the losing party shall be responsible for costs including,
without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys fees and expenses. The application of
the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly
excluded. Any law or regulation that provides that the language of a contract shall be
construed against the drafter shall not apply to this License.
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Definition of You in This License. You throughout this License, whether in upper or lower case,
means an individual or a legal entity exercising rights under, and complying with all of the
terms of, this License or a future version of this License issued under Section 7. For legal
entities, you includes any entity that controls, is controlled by, is under common control
with, or affiliated with, you. For purposes of this definition, control means (i) the power,
direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract
or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares, or
(iii) beneficial ownership of such entity. You are responsible for advising any affiliated
entity of the terms of this License, and that any rights or privileges derived from or
obtained by way of this License are subject to the restrictions outlined herein.
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Glossary. All defined terms in this License that are used in more than one Section of this
License are repeated here, in alphabetical order, for the convenience of the reader. The
Section of this License in which each defined term is first used is shown in parentheses.
Contributor: Each person or entity who created or contributed to the creation of, and distributed, a
Modification. (See Section 2)
Derivative Works: That term as used in this License is defined under U.S. copyright law. (See Section 1(b))
License: This BitTorrent Open Source License. (See first paragraph of License)
Licensed Product: Any BitTorrent Product licensed pursuant to this License. The term "Licensed
Product" includes all previous Modifications from any Contributor that you receive. (See first
paragraph of License and Section 2)
Licensor: BitTorrent, Inc. (See first paragraph of License)
Modifications: Any additions to or deletions from the substance or structure of (i) a file containing Licensed
Product, or (ii) any new file that contains any part of Licensed Product. (See Section 2)
Notice: The notice contained in Exhibit A. (See Section 4(e))
Source Code: The preferred form for making modifications to the Licensed Product, including all modules
contained therein, plus any associated interface definition files, scripts used to control compilation
and installation of an executable program, or a list of differential comparisons against the Source
Code of the Licensed Product. (See Section 1(a))
You: This term is defined in Section 14 of this License.
EXHIBIT A
The Notice below must appear in each file of the Source Code of any copy you distribute of the Licensed
Product or any hereto. Contributors to any Modifications may add their own copyright notices to
identify their own contributions.
License:
The contents of this file are subject to the BitTorrent Open Source License Version 1.0 (the
License). You may not copy or use this file, in either source code or executable form, except
in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.bittorrent.com/license/.
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.
BitTorrent, Inc.
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The contents of this file are subject to the BitTorrent Open Source License Version 1.0 (the License).
You may not copy or use this file, in either source code or executable form, except in compliance with the
License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.bittorrent.com/license/.
Software distributed under the License is distributed on an AS IS basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
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