# $Id: COPYING,v 1.6 2003/10/27 13:40:07 sdalu Exp $

ZoneCheck is copyright AFNIC, 2003. It is written and maintained by
Stephane D'Alu <sdalu@nic.fr>. You can contact AFNIC at <nic@nic.fr>,
or for technical questions/patches about this software at
the following address <zonecheck@nic.fr>.

The Ruby DNS library (in the lib/ directory) is licenced like Ruby
(either GPL or the Ruby licence, see
<URL:http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt> for details).

ZoneCheck terms of use and distribution:

You can use, modify and distribute ZoneCheck according to the GPL v2
(GNU General Public License) <URL:http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>,
a copy has been made available in the file 'GPL'.
To summarize (a lot!), it means you can use ZoneCheck freely (but not
to link it with software which is not GPL-compatible), you can have 
the source code, you can distribute it freely (even after modifications)
BUT you cannot deny these freedoms to the people who receive it: for
instance, you must provide them with the source code.

Alternatively, if you want to use or distribute a version of ZoneCheck
in a way which is not compatible with the GPL you *must* get an
agreement from AFNIC which will give you the right to use the
following terms. The license is therefore *not* a disjunctive
license. To use the "MIT/X11"-like license hereafter, you need a
personal agreement with AFNIC.

----------- Terms after relicencing, for the licencee only ----

Permission is hereby granted, to <<the licencee>> obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
individuals or organizations to whom the Software is furnished to do
so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

-- WARNING ----------------------------------------------------

Patch submitters are therefore informed that, for the patches to be
included, you must agree on this possible relicensing.

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References that you may find interesting:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=778&group_id=1