Information Exchange Licensing

All of InfoExchange (minus these documents) is released and developed underneath the GPL Version 2∞. The documentation and associated Wiki is owned by Epiphanic Networks and is released under the Creative Commons Version 2 License∞. Please make sure you read both licenses and understand their content before you attempt downloading our software.

All code is Copyright 2005 Greg Feigenson and Shea Kauffman, and was written for Martha Davies @ ECIE.org∞.

GPL License

The GNU Public License (GPL) is designed to further Open Source development as envisioned by Richard Stallman (RMS). The terms of the GPL state the following in synopsis:

• There is no warranty of any sort attached to the software, nor is there a guarantee that it will work or do much of anything
• The software is Free, in the nature of both "free beer" and "liberty." The original author may sell the code, but must provide the source with it. Any subsequent user may not sell this code or use it as a portion of commercial software, and further must provide the source code and any modifications thereof.
• You may not remove the names of the authors nor the original copyright notice
• You may not make any claim on behalf of the author regarding the software or otherwise, especially if you are trying to sell anything

The GPL can be a rather complex license and has quite a few restrictions. PLEASE make time to read the OpenSource.org copy of the license in full∞ or mail

Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA


for a full copy of the license. Plenty of sites also have information regarding licensing.

Creative Commons License

All Epiphanic Networks documentation as listed upon this Wiki is released under the Creative Commons 2.0 License link∞. The Creative Commons license provides the protection I require while at the same time being rather simple and easy to understand.

The qualities of the Creative Commons follow:

• You must attribute content to the original author
• All content is noncommercial (following a caveat listed below)
• Any derivitive work must be licensed in a similar manner
• The Creative Commons license does not hinder fair use
• The author(s) may waive any of the conditions above - that means that I can use my documents for commercial purposes as I see fit.

Since this is documentation on an open source project, selling them would be rather rediculous. I licensed them under the CC2 license because it's simple, powerful and does what I want.

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