| Alexander Chemeris | 040b305 | 2013-06-16 14:29:54 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | OpenBTS |
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| 3 | Most parts copyright 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation. |
| 4 | Some parts copyright 2010 Kestrel Signal Processing, Inc. |
| 5 | Some parts copyright 2011 Range Networks, Inc. |
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| 8 | Patent Laws |
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| 10 | The use of this software to provide GSM services may result in the use of |
| 11 | patented technologies. The user of this software is required to take whatever |
| 12 | actions are necessary to avoid patent infringement. |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | Trademark |
| 16 | |
| 17 | "OpenBTS" is a registered trademark of Range Networks, Inc. (Range), a |
| 18 | California corporation. Range reserves the right to control the use of this |
| 19 | trademark. Do not use this trademark in commerce without permission and do not |
| 20 | rebrand OpenBTS under a different trademark. |
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| 22 | |
| 23 | Telecom and Radio Spectrum Laws |
| 24 | |
| 25 | The primary function of OpenBTS is the provision of telecommunications service |
| 26 | over a radio link. This activity is heavily regulated nearly everywhere in |
| 27 | the world. Users of this software are expected to comply with local and national |
| 28 | regulations in the jurisdictions where this sortware is used with radio equipment. |
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| 30 | |
| 31 | Legal Summary |
| 32 | |
| 33 | The user of this software is expected to comply with all applicable laws and |
| 34 | regulations, including patent laws, copyright laws, and telecommunications |
| 35 | regulations. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | The legal restrictions listed here are not necessarily exhaustive. |
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| 39 | |
| 40 | Note to US Government Users |
| 41 | |
| 42 | The OpenBTS software applications and associated documentation are "Commercial |
| 43 | Item(s)," as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. Section 2.101, consisting of |
| 44 | "Commercial Computer Software" and "Commercial Computer Software Documentation," |
| 45 | as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 or 48 C.F.R. 227.7202, as |
| 46 | applicable. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 or 48 C.F.R. Sections 227.7202-1 |
| 47 | through 227.7202-4, as applicable, the Commercial Computer Software and |
| 48 | Commercial Computer Software Documentation are being licensed to U.S. Government |
| 49 | end users (a) only as Commercial Items and (b) with only those rights as are |
| 50 | granted to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions of GPLv3 |
| 51 | and AGPLv3. |
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| 53 | |
| 54 | Note to US Government Contractors |
| 55 | |
| 56 | GPL is not compatible with "government purpose rights" (GPR). If you receive |
| 57 | OpenBTS software under a GPL and deliver it under GPR, you will be in violation |
| 58 | of GPL and possibly subject to enforcement actions by the original authors and |
| 59 | copyright holders, including the Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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| 61 | |
| 62 | Software Licensing and Distribution |
| 63 | |
| 64 | A subset of OpenBTS is distributed publicly under AGPLv3. Range reserves the right to |
| 65 | distribute most of this source code other licenses as well. See the COPYING file |
| 66 | for more information on the license for this distribution. |