<h1>License</h1>
+ <p>
+ <acronym>deal.II</acronym> is property of Wolfgang Bangerth and Guido Kanschat,
+ referred to as <EM>deal.II authors</EM>. It is not public domain, even if
+ the sources are freely accessible.
+ </p>
+
<p>
<acronym>deal.II</acronym> is placed under an Open Source license,
in the sense advocated by the
</p>
<p>
- The license under which we have placed <acronym>deal.II</acronym> is
- called the Q Public License (or "QPL"), and qualifies as an <a
+ <acronym>deal.II</acronym> is distributed under the Q Public License
+ (or "QPL"), which qualifies as an <a
href="http://www.opensource.org/osd.html" target="_top">Open Source
license</a>. It is thus appropriate for people wishing to write
software under the <a href="http://www.opensource.org"
<p>
The QPL prohibits development of proprietary software. If you intend
to develop commercial software based on <acronym>deal.II</acronym>,
- we are willing to negotiate a different agreement. Feel free to
+ we are willing to negotiate a suitable agreement. Feel free to
contact us in this case.
</p>
In addition to the terms imposed by the QPL, we have one restriction
on the use of the library:
<ul>
- <li> Every publication which is based in essential parts on
+ <li> Every publication presenting
numerical results obtained with the help of
<acronym>deal.II</acronym> shall state the name of the library
and its principle authors (at present Wolfgang Bangerth and
- Guido Kanschat), as well as cite one of the papers by these
+ Guido Kanschat), as well as cite at least one of the papers by these
authors on <acronym>deal.II</acronym>.
</ul>
Please note that by this we do not mean to restrict your freedom of
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<address>
- <a href="mailto:deal@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de">The deal.II
+ <a href="mailto:deal@hermes.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de">The deal.II
group</a>
</address>