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4\chapter{Bacula Copyright, Trademark, and Licenses}
5\label{LicenseChapter}
6\index[general]{Licenses!Bacula Copyright Trademark}
7\index[general]{Bacula Copyright, Trademark, and Licenses}
8
9There are a number of different licenses that are used in Bacula.
10If you have a printed copy of this manual, the details of each of
11the licenses referred to in this chapter can be found in the
12online version of the manual at
13\elink{http://www.bacula.org}{http://www.bacula.org}.
14
15\section{FDL}
16\index[general]{FDL }
17
18The GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) is used for this manual,
19which is a free and open license. This means that you may freely
20reproduce it and even make changes to it. However, rather than
21distribute your own version of this manual, we would much prefer
22if you would send any corrections or changes to the Bacula project.
23
24The most recent version of the manual can always be found online
25at \elink{http://www.bacula.org}{http://www.bacula.org}.
26
27\section{GPL}
28\index[general]{GPL }
29
30The vast bulk of the source code is released under the
31\ilink{GNU Affero General Public License version 3.}{GplChapter}.
32
33Most of this code is copyrighted: Copyright \copyright 2000-2010
34Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
35
36Portions may be copyrighted by other people.  These files are released
37under different licenses which are compatible with the Bacula AGPLv3 license.
38
39\section{LGPL}
40\index[general]{LGPL }
41
42Some of the Bacula library source code is released under the
43\ilink{GNU Lesser General Public License.}{LesserChapter} This
44permits third parties to use these parts of our code in their proprietary
45programs to interface to Bacula.
46
47\section{Public Domain}
48\index[general]{Domain!Public }
49\index[general]{Public Domain }
50
51Some of the Bacula code, or code that Bacula references, has been released
52to the public domain.  E.g.  md5.c, SQLite.
53
54\section{Trademark}
55\index[general]{Trademark }
56
57Bacula\raisebox{.6ex}{\textsuperscript{\textregistered}} is a registered
58trademark of Kern Sibbald.
59
60\section{Fiduciary License Agreement}
61\index[general]{Fiduciary License Agreement }
62Developers who have contributed significant changes to the Bacula code
63should have signed a Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA), which
64guarantees them the right to use the code they have developed, and also
65ensures that the Free Software Foundation Europe (and thus the Bacula
66project) has the rights to the code.  This Fiduciary License Agreement
67is found on the Bacula web site at:
68
69\elink{http://www.bacula.org/en/FLA-bacula.en.pdf}{http://www.bacula.org/en/FLA-bacula.en.pdf}
70
71and if you are submitting code, you should fill it out then sent to:
72
73\begin{quote}
74     Kern Sibbald \\
75     Cotes-de-Montmoiret 9 \\
76     1012 Lausanne \\
77     Switzerland \\
78\end{quote}
79
80When you send in such a
81complete document, please notify me: kern at sibbald dot com.
82
83
84\section{Disclaimer}
85\index[general]{Disclaimer }
86
87NO WARRANTY
88
89BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE
90PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE
91STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE
92PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
93INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
94FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
95PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE,
96YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
97
98IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY
99COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE
100PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
101GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
102OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR
103DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR
104A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH
105HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
106