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psyced, a scalable distributed multi-protocol chat and messaging server
solution based on the PSYC protocol for synchronous conferencing.
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Copyright (C) since 1997 by:
Carlo von Loesch (psyc://ve.symlynX.com/~lynX).
Since 2002 copyright also in parts by:
Philipp Hancke (psyc://goodadvice.pages.de/~fippo)
Tobias Josefowitz (psyc://goodadvice.pages.de/~heldensaga)
Arne G<>deke (psyc://psyced.org/~el) and
Dominik Sander (psyc://psyced.org/~depairet).
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
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This program is also available under different license from
Carlo von Loesch and symlynX. To this purpose all copyright
owners grant Carlo von Loesch and symlynX the right to use
and license this program in whatever suitable way.
Should you wish to contribute to this program, you can receive a
write access to the psyced software repository from symlynX. By checking
code in, you grant us permission to license your contribution under
both the GNU General Public License and under other licenses as
described above.
With the act of checking into the software repository, you guarantee
that you are either the author and copyright owner of the contribution
you are making, or that you have a license to use said contribution in
a way compatible with our terms of use. If you fail to do so, you
remain the sole responsible for your acting; no part of the
responsibility will be transferred to symlynX.
This means, for example, that you cannot contribute code elements
which stem from an other GPL project, as this would not comply with
the dual licensing requirement described above.
You can however keep this kind of modifications to yourself, or
publish your own GPL licensed fork of this software, or - in agreement
with us - add optional parts to this software clearly marked as not
adhering to the dual license described above.
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