File LICENSE.cacert of Package ca-certificates-cacert
http://www.cacert.org/policy/RootDistributionLicense.php
Dumped at 10.05.2012
Name: RDL COD14
Status: DRAFT p20100710 RDL Status - DRAFT
Editor: Mark Lipscombe
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Root Distribution License │
│ │
│1. Terms │
│ │
│"CAcert Inc" means CAcert Incorporated, a non-profit association incorporated│
│in New South Wales, Australia. │
│"CAcert Community Agreement" means the agreement entered into by each person │
│wishing to RELY. │
│"Member" means a natural or legal person who has agreed to the CAcert │
│Community Agreement. │
│"Certificate" means any certificate or like device to which CAcert Inc's │
│digital signature has been affixed. │
│"CAcert Root Certificates" means any certificate issued by CAcert Inc to │
│itself for the purposes of signing further CAcert Roots or for signing │
│certificates of Members. │
│"RELY" means the human act in taking on a risk or liability on the basis of │
│the claim(s) bound within a certificate issued by CAcert. │
│"Embedded" means a certificate that is contained within a software │
│application or hardware system, when and only when, that software application│
│or system is distributed in binary form only. │
│ │
│2. Copyright │
│ │
│CAcert Root Certificates are Copyright CAcert Incorporated. All rights │
│reserved. │
│ │
│3. License │
│ │
│You may copy and distribute CAcert Root Certificates only in accordance with │
│this license. │
│ │
│CAcert Inc grants you a free, non-exclusive license to copy and distribute │
│CAcert Root Certificates in any medium, with or without modification, │
│provided that the following conditions are met: │
│ │
│ • Redistributions of Embedded CAcert Root Certificates must take reasonable│
│ steps to inform the recipient of the disclaimer in section 4 or reproduce│
│ this license and copyright notice in full in the documentation provided │
│ with the distribution. │
│ • Redistributions in all other forms must reproduce this license and │
│ copyright notice in full. │
│ │
│4. Disclaimer │
│ │
│THE CACERT ROOT CERTIFICATES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED │
│WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF │
│MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE │
│MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL CACERT INC, ITS MEMBERS, │
│AGENTS, SUBSIDIARIES OR RELATED PARTIES BE LIABLE TO THE LICENSEE OR ANY │
│THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR │
│CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF │
│SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS │
│INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN │
│CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) │
│ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THESE CERTIFICATES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF │
│THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN ANY EVENT, CACERT'S LIABILITY SHALL NOT │
│EXCEED $1,000.00 AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS. │
│ │
│THIS LICENSE SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT PERMIT YOU TO RELY UPON ANY CERTIFICATES │
│ISSUED BY CACERT INC. IF YOU WISH TO RELY ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CACERT │
│INC, YOU MUST ENTER INTO A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH CACERT INC. │
│ │
│5. Statutory Rights │
│ │
│Nothing in this license affects any statutory rights that cannot be waived or│
│limited by contract. In the event that any provision of this license is held │
│to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this license │
│remain in full force and effect. │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Alternatives
If you find the terms of the above Root Distribution License difficult or
inadequate for your purposes, you may wish to:
• Enter into the CAcert Community Agreement by registering as a Member. This
is free.
• Delete CAcert Root Certificates from your software. Your software
documentation should give directions and assistance for this.
These alternatives are outside the above Root Distribution License and do not
incorporate.
