From 3ac082928b24ef2abf4ab0779baa1a5d70dfad8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: king-aj3 Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:15:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add the 2003 M.I.T. licence notice to master (lost in backporting) --- LICENSE.txt | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE.txt diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef19132 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Licence for the M.I.T.-copyrighted material in FastHenry +======================================================= + +FastHenry was developed at the Research Laboratory of Electronics / +Computational Prototyping Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. +The M.I.T.-copyrighted material was re-released in 2003 under the terms +reproduced verbatim below. + +This text is copied from the FastFieldSolvers licence file already +carried on the WinMSVS branch of this repository, +License_and_history/license_for_sources_4.0.txt, in the section headed +"License agreement for the M.I.T. copyrighted material". + +NOTE: many source files in this branch still carry the earlier 1994 +header, which predates the 2003 re-release. This file is added so that +the 2003 terms travel with the branch, as they do on WinMSVS. + +The licence covering FastFieldSolvers' own modifications is NOT stated +here - only FastFieldSolvers can state it. + +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Copyright (C) 2003 by the Board of Trustees of Massachusetts Institute of +Technology, hereafter designated as the Copyright Owners. + +License to use, copy, modify, sell and/or distribute this software and +its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without royalty, +subject to the following terms and conditions: + +1. The above copyright notice and this permission notice must +appear in all copies of the software and related documentation. + +2. The names of the Copyright Owners may not be used in advertising or +publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without the specific, +prior written permission of the Copyright Owners. + +3. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS MAKE NO +REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT +LIMITATION. THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF +MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE +SOFTWARE WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS TRADEMARKS OR OTHER +RIGHTS. THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LIABILITY OR DAMAGES +WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM BY LICENSEE OR ANY THIRD PARTY ON ACCOUNT OF, OR +ARISING FROM THE LICENSE, OR ANY SUBLICENSE OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY +SERVICE OR SUPPORT. + +LICENSEE shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Copyright Owners and +their trustees, officers, employees, students and agents against any and all +claims arising out of the exercise of any rights under this Agreement, +including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, against any +damages, losses or liabilities whatsoever with respect to death or injury to +person or damage to property arising from or out of the possession, use, or +operation of Software or Licensed Program(s) by LICENSEE or its customers. +