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                                                                                    <h1 class="page-title">Common Public License Version 1.0</h1>
                                                        
                                                  
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    <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS COMMON PUBLIC<br />
LICENSE ("AGREEMENT"). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM<br />
CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.</p>
<p>1. DEFINITIONS</p>
<p>"Contribution" means:</p>
<p>    a) in the case of the initial Contributor, the initial code and<br />
documentation distributed under this Agreement, and</p>
<p>    b) in the case of each subsequent Contributor:</p>
<p>    i) changes to the Program, and</p>
<p>    ii) additions to the Program;</p>
<p>    where such changes and/or additions to the Program originate from and are<br />
distributed by that particular Contributor. A Contribution 'originates' from a<br />
Contributor if it was added to the Program by such Contributor itself or anyone<br />
acting on such Contributor's behalf. Contributions do not include additions to<br />
the Program which: (i) are separate modules of software distributed in<br />
conjunction with the Program under their own license agreement, and (ii) are not<br />
derivative works of the Program.</p>
<p>"Contributor" means any person or entity that distributes the Program.</p>
<p>"Licensed Patents " mean patent claims licensable by a Contributor which are<br />
necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution alone or when<br />
combined with the Program.</p>
<p>"Program" means the Contributions distributed in accordance with this Agreement.</p>
<p>"Recipient" means anyone who receives the Program under this Agreement,<br />
including all Contributors.</p>
<p>2. GRANT OF RIGHTS</p>
<p>    a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants<br />
Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to<br />
reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform,<br />
distribute and sublicense the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, and such<br />
derivative works, in source code and object code form.</p>
<p>    b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants<br />
Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under Licensed<br />
Patents to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import and otherwise transfer the<br />
Contribution of such Contributor, if any, in source code and object code form.<br />
This patent license shall apply to the combination of the Contribution and the<br />
Program if, at the time the Contribution is added by the Contributor, such<br />
addition of the Contribution causes such combination to be covered by the<br />
Licensed Patents. The patent license shall not apply to any other combinations<br />
which include the Contribution. No hardware per se is licensed hereunder.</p>
<p>    c) Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants the licenses<br />
to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are provided by any<br />
Contributor that the Program does not infringe the patent or other intellectual<br />
property rights of any other entity. Each Contributor disclaims any liability to<br />
Recipient for claims brought by any other entity based on infringement of<br />
intellectual property rights or otherwise. As a condition to exercising the<br />
rights and licenses granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby assumes sole<br />
responsibility to secure any other intellectual property rights needed, if any.<br />
For example, if a third party patent license is required to allow Recipient to<br />
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before distributing the Program.</p>
<p>    d) Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it has sufficient<br />
copyright rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant the copyright license set<br />
forth in this Agreement.</p>
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<p>A Contributor may choose to distribute the Program in object code form under its<br />
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<p>    a) it complies with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and</p>
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conditions, express and implied, including warranties or conditions of title and<br />
non-infringement, and implied warranties or conditions of merchantability and<br />
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<p>    ii) effectively excludes on behalf of all Contributors all liability for<br />
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<p>    iii) states that any provisions which differ from this Agreement are offered<br />
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intended to facilitate the commercial use of the Program, the Contributor who<br />
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which does not create potential liability for other Contributors. Therefore, if<br />
a Contributor includes the Program in a commercial product offering, such<br />
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every other Contributor ("Indemnified Contributor") against any losses, damages<br />
and costs (collectively "Losses") arising from claims, lawsuits and other legal<br />
actions brought by a third party against the Indemnified Contributor to the<br />
extent caused by the acts or omissions of such Commercial Contributor in<br />
connection with its distribution of the Program in a commercial product<br />
offering. The obligations in this section do not apply to any claims or Losses<br />
relating to any actual or alleged intellectual property infringement. In order<br />
to qualify, an Indemnified Contributor must: a) promptly notify the Commercial<br />
Contributor in writing of such claim, and b) allow the Commercial Contributor to<br />
control, and cooperate with the Commercial Contributor in, the defense and any<br />
related settlement negotiations. The Indemnified Contributor may participate in<br />
any such claim at its own expense.</p>
<p>For example, a Contributor might include the Program in a commercial product<br />
offering, Product X. That Contributor is then a Commercial Contributor. If that<br />
Commercial Contributor then makes performance claims, or offers warranties<br />
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Contributors related to those performance claims and warranties, and if a court<br />
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IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE,<br />
NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Each<br />
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distributing the Program and assumes all risks associated with its exercise of<br />
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program errors, compliance with applicable laws, damage to or loss of data,<br />
programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption of operations.</p>
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STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY<br />
OUT OF THE USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS<br />
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lawsuit), then any patent licenses granted by that Contributor to such Recipient<br />
under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed. In<br />
addition, if Recipient institutes patent litigation against any entity<br />
(including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Program<br />
itself (excluding combinations of the Program with other software or hardware)<br />
infringes such Recipient's patent(s), then such Recipient's rights granted under<br />
Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.</p>
<p>All Recipient's rights under this Agreement shall terminate if it fails to<br />
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not cure such failure in a reasonable period of time after becoming aware of<br />
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IBM is the initial Agreement Steward. IBM may assign the responsibility to serve<br />
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2(a) and 2(b) above, Recipient receives no rights or licenses to the<br />
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